page_title: USS Timmerman (DD-828)
section_title: Design
hierarchical_section_title: USS Timmerman (DD-828) / Design
caption_attribution_description: English: The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Timmerman (DD-828), on the day it was launched at Bath Iron Works, Maine (USA), 19 May 1951. View is from the Carlton Bridge, looking south down the Kennebec River.
context_page_description: USS Timmerman was a Gearing-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1952 to 1956. She was an experimental design and was scrapped in 1959.
context_section_description: Timmerman was originally planned as a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Work was temporarily suspended on 7 January 1946 at 45.5% completion. She was later completed as an experimental destroyer, EDD-828. Designed to occupy the same space in standard Gearing engine spaces, Timmerman's machinery was designed to generate 100,000 shp (75,000 kW) versus the Gearing's 60,000 shp (45,000 kW).  She had an aluminum superstructure. The machinery was originally intended for USS Percival (DD-452), a Fletcher-class destroyer, which was cancelled on 7 January 1946 before laying down.
  Named for Grant F. Timmerman, she was laid down on 1 October 1945 at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Iron Works; assigned to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet on 19 November 1945; launched on 19 May 1951; sponsored by Mrs. Fred Timmerman; and commissioned on 26 September 1952, Comdr. Edward E. Hoffman in command.
caption: Launch of Timmerman on 19 May 1951.
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