Gearing class Destroyer

Long hull versions of the Allen M. Sumner class originated near the end of WWII. 98 ships were completed

Derivatives / Succeeded by
1953	Mitscher class
1955	Forrest Sherman class
1955	Farragut class
1960	DDG Charles F. Adams class
1965	DDG Perth class
1969	DDG Type 103 Lütjens class
1970	DDG Charles F. Adams NTU class
1960	DDG Coontz class

Specifications

Aircraft

		Typical	Max
Brazilian Navy	Westland Wasp	0	1
US Navy	Gyrodyne DSN / QH-50 DASH	0	1

Shipyards

Bath Iron Works -	2
Bethlehem Fore River Shipyard -	2
Bethlehem Mariners Harbor -	1
Bethlehem San Francisco -	1
Bethlehem San Pedro -	1
Consolidated Steel Corporation Texas -	6
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company -	2
Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle - Harbor Island	4

List of Ships

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1945	1972		US Navy	DD-711	USS Eugene A. Greene
1972	1989	Spanish Navy D-61 Churruca
1945	1976		US Navy	DD-782	USS Rowan	NTFJ
1945	1976		US Navy	DD-783	USS Gurke	NTSY
1945	1975		US Navy	DD-786	USS Richard B Anderson	NHKU
1945	1973		US Navy	DD-841	USS Noa
1973	1991	Spanish Navy D-65 Blas de Lezo
1945	1973		US Navy	DD-850	USS Joseph P Kennedy Jr
1945	1970		US Navy	DD-859	USS Norris	NBFE
1973	--	Turkish Navy D354 TCG Kocatepe
1945	1973		US Navy	DD-875	USS Henry W. Tucker
1973	1994	Brazilian Navy D25 Marcilio Dias
1945	1973		US Navy	DD-877	USS Perkins
1973	1984	Argentine Navy D-27 ARA Comodoro Py
1945	1973		US Navy	DD-879	USS Leary
1973	1992	Spanish Navy D-64 Langara
1945	1972		US Navy	DD-882	USS Furse
1972	1991	Spanish Navy D-62 Gravina
1945	1973		US Navy	DD-887	USS Brinkley Bass
1973	1997	Brazilian Navy D26 Mariz e Barros
1945	1973		US Navy	DD-889	USS O Hare
1973	1992	Spanish Navy D-63 Mendez Nuñez
1946	1979		US Navy	DD-718	USS Hamner	NTXJ
1980	2003	ROCN DDG-927 ROCS Yun Yang
1946	1973		US Navy	DD-789	USS Eversole
1973	1995	Turkish Navy D352 TCG Gayret
1946	1978		US Navy	DD-845	USS Bausell	NBCA
1946	1973		US Navy	DD-853	USS Charles H Roan
1973	--	Turkish Navy D351 TCG Maresal Fevzi Cakmak
1946	1971		US Navy	DD-872	USS Forrest Royal
1971	1993	Turkish Navy D353 TCG Adatepe
1947	1972		US Navy	DD-765	USS Keppler	NKPD
1972	1982	Turkish Navy D355 TCG Tinaztepe
1953	1978		US Navy	DDG-35	Mitscher class USS Mitscher
1953	1978		US Navy	DDG-36	Mitscher class USS John S. McCain
1954	1969		US Navy	DL-4	Mitscher class USS Willis A. Lee
1954	1969		US Navy	DL-5	Mitscher class USS Wilkinson
1955	1955		US Navy	DL-6	Farragut class USS Farragut
1960	1989	Coontz class DDG-37 USS Farragut
1955	1955		US Navy	DL-7	Farragut class USS Luce
1961	1991	Coontz class DDG-38 USS Luce
1955	1955		US Navy	DL-8	Farragut class USS Macdonough
1961	1992	Coontz class DDG-39 USS Macdonough
1959	1990		US Navy	DDG-45	Coontz class USS Dewey
1960	1992		US Navy	DDG-2	Charles F. Adams class USS Charles F. Adams
1960	1989		US Navy	DDG-7	Charles F. Adams class USS Henry B. Wilson
1960	1989		US Navy	DDG-40	Coontz class USS Coontz
1960	1991		US Navy	DDG-41	Coontz class USS King	NXAY
1960	1993		US Navy	DDG-42	Coontz class USS Mahan
1960	1991		US Navy	DDG-46	Coontz class USS Preble
1961	1990		US Navy	DDG-3	Charles F. Adams class USS John King
1961	1991		US Navy	DDG-8	Charles F. Adams class USS Lynde McCormick
1961	1990		US Navy	DDG-9	Charles F. Adams class USS Towers
1961	1991		US Navy	DDG-10	Charles F. Adams class USS Sampson
1961	1989		US Navy	DDG-11	Charles F. Adams class USS Sellers
1961	1991		US Navy	DDG-12	Charles F. Adams class USS Robison
1961	1992		US Navy	DDG-43	Coontz class USS Dahlgren
1961	1991		US Navy	DDG-44	Coontz class USS William V. Pratt
1962	1990		US Navy	DDG-4	Charles F. Adams class USS Lawrence
1962	1964		US Navy	DDG-5	Charles F. Adams class USS Biddle
1964	1989	DDG-5 USS Claude V. Ricketts
1962	1990		US Navy	DDG-6	Charles F. Adams class USS Barney
1962	1990		US Navy	DDG-13	Charles F. Adams class USS Hoel
1962	1991		US Navy	DDG-14	Charles F. Adams class USS Buchanan
1962	1990		US Navy	DDG-15	Charles F. Adams class USS Berkeley
1992	2002	Hellenic Navy D221 HHMS Themistocles
1962	1991		US Navy	DDG-18	Charles F. Adams class USS Semmes
1991	2004	Hellenic Navy D218 HHMS Kimon
1963	1990		US Navy	DDG-16	Charles F. Adams class USS Joseph Strauss
1992	2002	Hellenic Navy D220 HHMS Formion
1963	1990		US Navy	DDG-17	Charles F. Adams class USS Conyngham
1963	1991		US Navy	DDG-19	Charles F. Adams NTU class USS Tattnall
1963	1993		US Navy	DDG-20	Charles F. Adams NTU class USS Goldsborough
1993	1993	RAN D 40 parts hulk
1964	1990		US Navy	DDG-21	Charles F. Adams class USS Cochrane	NFIT
1964	1991		US Navy	DDG-22	Charles F. Adams NTU class USS Benjamin Stoddert
1964	1990		US Navy	DDG-23	Charles F. Adams class USS Richard E. Byrd
1993	1993	Hellenic Navy spare parts
1964	1992		US Navy	DDG-24	Charles F. Adams class USS Waddell
1992	2003	Hellenic Navy D219 HHMS Nearchos
1964	1964		US Navy	DDG-25	Charles F. Adams class Built in USA for Australia
1965	1999	Perth class RAN D 38 HMAS Perth
1964	1964		US Navy	DDG-26	Charles F. Adams class Built in USA for Australia
1965	2000	Perth class RAN D 39 HMAS Hobart
1966	1966		US Navy	DDG-27	Charles F. Adams class Built in USA for Australia
1967	2001	Perth class RAN D 41 HMAS Brisbane
1969	1969		US Navy	DDG-28	Charles F. Adams class Built in USA for Germany
1969	2003	Type 103 Lütjens class German Navy D185 Lütjens
1969	1969		US Navy	DDG-29	Charles F. Adams class Built in USA for Germany
1969	2003	Type 103 Lütjens class German Navy D186 Mölders
1970	1970		US Navy	DDG-30	Charles F. Adams class Built in USA for Germany
1970	1998	Type 103 Lütjens class German Navy D187 Rommel

62 units

Events

		D354 TCG Kocatepe
1942-aug-07	Ordered	Ordered DD-765 USS Keppler
1944-mar-25	Laid down	Laid down DD-782 USS Rowan
1944-apr-23	Laid down	Laid down DD-765 USS Keppler
1944-may-29	Laid down	Laid down DD-875 USS Henry W. Tucker
1944-jun-19	Laid down	Laid down DD-877 USS Perkins
1944-jul-01	Laid down	Laid down DD-783 USS Gurke
1944-aug-11	Laid down	Laid down DD-879 USS Leary
1944-aug-17	Laid down	Laid down DD-711 USS Eugene A. Greene as DD-711
1944-aug-29	Laid down	Laid down DD-859 USS Norris
1944-sep-23	Laid down	Laid down DD-882 USS Furse as DD-882
1944-nov-08	Launched	Launched DD-875 USS Henry W. Tucker
1944-dec-01	Laid down	Laid down DD-786 USS Richard B Anderson at Seattle
1944-dec-07	Launched	Launched DD-877 USS Perkins
1944-dec-20	Laid down	Laid down DD-887 USS Brinkley Bass
1944-dec-29	Launched	Launched DD-782 USS Rowan
1945-jan-20	Launched	Launched DD-879 USS Leary
1945-jan-27	Laid down	Laid down DD-889 USS O Hare as DD-889
1945-feb-15	Launched	Launched DD-783 USS Gurke
1945-feb-25	Launched	Launched DD-859 USS Norris
1945-feb-28	Laid down	Laid down DD-789 USS Eversole
1945-mar-09	Launched	Launched DD-882 USS Furse
1945-mar-12	Commissioned	Commissioned DD-875 USS Henry W. Tucker
1945-mar-18	Launched	Launched DD-711 USS Eugene A. Greene
1945-mar-26	Laid down	Laid down DD-841 USS Noa
1945-mar-31	Commissioned	Commissioned DD-782 USS Rowan
1945-apr-02	Laid down	Laid down DD-853 USS Charles H Roan
1945-apr-02	Laid down	Laid down DD-850 USS Joseph P Kennedy Jr at Quincy MA
1945-apr-04	Commissioned	Commissioned DD-877 USS Perkins
1945-apr-25	Laid down	Laid down DD-718 USS Hamner
1945-may-07	Commissioned	Commissioned DD-879 USS Leary
1945-may-12	Commissioned	Commissioned DD-783 USS Gurke
1945-may-26	Launched	Launched DD-887 USS Brinkley Bass
1945-may-28	Laid down	Laid down DD-845 USS Bausell
1945-jun	Homeport	Homeport DD-783 USS Gurke at San Diego
1945-jun-08	Commissioned	Commissioned DD-711 USS Eugene A. Greene
1945-jun-08	Laid down	Laid down DD-872 USS Forrest Royal
1945-jun-09	Commissioned	Commissioned DD-859 USS Norris
1945-jun-22	Launched	Launched DD-889 USS O Hare
1945-jul-07	Launched	Launched DD-786 USS Richard B Anderson
1945-jul-10	Commissioned	Commissioned DD-882 USS Furse
1945-jul-26	Launched	Launched DD-850 USS Joseph P Kennedy Jr
1945-jul-30	Launched	Launched DD-841 USS Noa
1945-oct-01	Commissioned	Commissioned DD-887 USS Brinkley Bass
1945-oct-26	Commissioned	Commissioned DD-786 USS Richard B Anderson
1945-nov-02	Commissioned	Commissioned DD-841 USS Noa
1945-nov-19	Launched	Launched DD-845 USS Bausell
1945-nov-24	Launched	Launched DD-718 USS Hamner
1945-nov-29	Commissioned	Commissioned DD-889 USS O Hare
1945-dec-15	Commissioned	Commissioned DD-850 USS Joseph P Kennedy Jr
1946	Commissioned	Commissioned DD-872 USS Forrest Royal
1946	Homeport	Homeport DD-786 USS Richard B Anderson at NS San Diego
1946-jan-08	Launched	Launched DD-789 USS Eversole
1946-jan-17	Launched	Launched DD-872 USS Forrest Royal
1946-feb-07	Commissioned	Commissioned DD-845 USS Bausell
1946-mar-15	Launched	Launched DD-853 USS Charles H Roan
1946-may-10	Commissioned	Commissioned DD-789 USS Eversole
1946-jun-24	Launched	Launched DD-765 USS Keppler
1946-jul-12	Commissioned	Commissioned DD-718 USS Hamner
1946-sep-12	Commissioned	Commissioned DD-853 USS Charles H Roan
1947-may-23	Commissioned	Commissioned DD-765 USS Keppler
1949-feb-07		DD-877 USS Perkins reclassified DDR-877
1949-mar-18		DD-882 USS Furse reclassified as DDR-882
1949-nov-27	Homeport	Homeport DD-765 USS Keppler arrived Newport, RI
1952-jul-18		DD-711 USS Eugene A. Greene reclassified as DDR-711 (radar picket destroyer)
1953		DD-889 USS O Hare reclassified as DDR-889
1961-mar-01	Refit	Refit DD-765 USS Keppler entered New York Naval Shipyard for FRAM II upgrade, concluding Oct 1962
1961-may	Refit	Refit DD-841 USS Noa FRAM I
1961-jul	Refit	Refit DD-850 USS Joseph P Kennedy Jr underwent FRAM I upgrade at New York, for QH-50 DASH operation
1962-jul	Refit	Refit DD-853 USS Charles H Roan Completion of FRAM overhaul at Brooklyn Naval Yard
1963	Refit	Refit DD-882 USS Furse FRAM I
1963-mar-15		DD-711 USS Eugene A. Greene reverted to DD-711
1964-aug	Deployment	Deployment DD-786 USS Richard B Anderson celebrated 100th landing of its QH-50 DASH drone, while in the Gulf of Tonkin
1970	Deployment	Deployment DD-718 USS Hamner WestPac, with USS Hancock (CVA-19) UH-2C 150156
1970-dec-04	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DD-859 USS Norris
1971	Commissioned	Commissioned D353 TCG Adatepe ex USS Forrest Royal (DD-872)
1971-mar-27	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DD-872 USS Forrest Royal
1971-mar-27	Fate: transfered	Fate: transfered DD-872 USS Forrest Royal to Turkish Navy as TCG Adatepe (D353)
1971-dec-17	Commissioned	Commissioned D353 TCG Adatepe
1972-jan-07	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DD-765 USS Keppler
1972-jun-30	Commissioned	Commissioned D355 TCG Tinaztepe ex USS Keppler (DD-765)
1972-aug-31	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DD-711 USS Eugene A. Greene
1972-aug-31	Fate: transfered	Fate: transfered DD-711 USS Eugene A. Greene to Spain as Churruca
1972-aug-31	Commissioned	Commissioned D-61 Churruca
1972-aug-31	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DD-882 USS Furse
1972-aug-31	Fate: transfered	Fate: transfered DD-882 USS Furse to Spain as Gravina
1972-aug-31	Commissioned	Commissioned D-62 Gravina
1973	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DD-853 USS Charles H Roan to Turkish Navy
1973	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DD-850 USS Joseph P Kennedy Jr
1973-jan-15	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DD-877 USS Perkins
1973-jan-15	Fate: transfered	Fate: transfered DD-877 USS Perkins to Argentina as Comodoro Py
1973-jan-15	Commissioned	Commissioned D-27 ARA Comodoro Py
1973-feb-01	Struck	Struck DD-872 USS Forrest Royal from US Navy list
1973-jul-11	Fate: transfered	Fate: transfered DD-789 USS Eversole to Turkish Navy as TCG Gayret (D352)
1973-sep-21	Commissioned	Commissioned D351 TCG Maresal Fevzi Cakmak ex USS Charles H Roan ((DD 853)
1973-sep-21	Struck	Struck DD-789 USS Eversole from US Navy list
1973-oct-31	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DD-841 USS Noa
1973-oct-31	Fate: transfered	Fate: transfered DD-841 USS Noa to Spain as Blas de Lezo
1973-oct-31	Commissioned	Commissioned D-65 Blas de Lezo leased
1973-oct-31	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DD-879 USS Leary
1973-oct-31	Fate: transfered	Fate: transfered DD-879 USS Leary to Spain as Langara
1973-oct-31	Commissioned	Commissioned D-64 Langara
1973-oct-31	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DD-889 USS O Hare
1973-oct-31	Fate: transfered	Fate: transfered DD-889 USS O Hare to Spain as Mendez Nunez
1973-oct-31	Commissioned	Commissioned D-63 Mendez Nuñez loaned
1973-dec-03	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DD-887 USS Brinkley Bass
1973-dec-03	Struck	Struck DD-887 USS Brinkley Bass to Brazil as Mariz e Barros
1973-dec-03	Commissioned	Commissioned D26 Mariz e Barros
1973-dec-03	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DD-875 USS Henry W. Tucker
1973-dec-03	Fate: transfered	Fate: transfered DD-875 USS Henry W. Tucker to Brazil as Marcilio Dias
1973-dec-03	Commissioned	Commissioned D25 Marcilio Dias
1974	Fate: transfered	Fate: transfered DD-850 USS Joseph P Kennedy Jr to Battleship Cove Fleet Museum
1974-feb-01	Struck	Struck DD-859 USS Norris
1974-jul-07	Fate: transfered	Fate: transfered DD-859 USS Norris to Turkish Navy, originally for spares for its other Gearing Class ships
1975-apr-29	Deployment	Deployment DD-786 USS Richard B Anderson Operation Frequent Wind part of Task Force 76 during the evacuation of Saigon
1975-apr-29	Deployment	Deployment DD-783 USS Gurke Operation Frequent Wind part of Task Force 76 during the evacuation of Saigon
1975-apr-29	Deployment	Deployment DD-782 USS Rowan Operation Frequent Wind part of Task Force 76 during the evacuation of Saigon
1975-apr-29	Deployment	Deployment DD-845 USS Bausell part of Task Force 76 during the evacuation of Saigon
1975-jul-24	Commissioned	Commissioned D354 TCG Kocatepe ex USS Norris (DD-859), re-activated from a parts-hulk, after loss of a previous TCG Kocatepe (ex USS Harwood DD-861), off Cyprus in Jul 1974
1975-dec-20	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DD-786 USS Richard B Anderson
1976-jan	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DD-783 USS Gurke
1976-jan	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DD-782 USS Rowan
1976-jan-30	Struck	Struck DD-786 USS Richard B Anderson
1976-jan-30	Struck	Struck DD-783 USS Gurke
1976-jan-30	Struck	Struck DD-782 USS Rowan
1977-mar-17	Fate: transfered	Fate: transfered DD-783 USS Gurke to Hellenic Navy (Greece)
1977-jun-10	Fate: transfered	Fate: transfered DD-782 USS Rowan to RoC Navy (Taiwan)
1978-may-17		D-65 Blas de Lezo purchased
1978-may-17		D-63 Mendez Nuñez purchase
1978-may-30	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DD-845 USS Bausell
1978-may-30	Struck	Struck DD-845 USS Bausell
1979-oct-01	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DD-718 USS Hamner
1980-dec-17	Fate: transfered	Fate: transfered DD-718 USS Hamner to Taiwan
1980-dec-17	Commissioned	Commissioned DDG-927 ROCS Yun Yang as DD-27
1982	Decommissioned	Decommissioned D355 TCG Tinaztepe
1984	Decommissioned	Decommissioned D-27 ARA Comodoro Py
1987-jun-15	Fate: sunk	Fate: sunk D-27 ARA Comodoro Py as a target
1987-jul-17	Fate: sunk	Fate: sunk DD-845 USS Bausell expended as miassile target
1988-may-31	Port Visit	Port Visit D-63 Mendez Nuñez noted at Palma de Mallorca with Hughes 369 HS.13-7 / 01-607 embarked
1989-sep-15	Decommissioned	Decommissioned D-61 Churruca
1991	Decommissioned	Decommissioned D-65 Blas de Lezo
1991	Fate: scrapped	Fate: scrapped D-65 Blas de Lezo
1991-sep-30	Decommissioned	Decommissioned D-62 Gravina
1991-dec-12	Fate: sunk	Fate: sunk D-61 Churruca as a target
1992	Fate: scrapped	Fate: scrapped D-62 Gravina
1992	Decommissioned	Decommissioned D-64 Langara
1992-apr-03	Decommissioned	Decommissioned D-63 Mendez Nuñez
1993	Fate: scrapped	Fate: scrapped D-64 Langara
1993	Fate: scrapped	Fate: scrapped D-63 Mendez Nuñez
1993-aug-06	Decommissioned	Decommissioned D353 TCG Adatepe
1994	Decommissioned	Decommissioned D25 Marcilio Dias
1994	Fate: scrapped	Fate: scrapped D353 TCG Adatepe
1994-jun	Fate: scrapped	Fate: scrapped D354 TCG Kocatepe by Hurdasan Anonim Sirketi
1994-jun	Decommissioned	Decommissioned D354 TCG Kocatepe
1994-sep-19	Fate: sunk	Fate: sunk D25 Marcilio Dias as target
1995	Fate: scrapped	Fate: scrapped D351 TCG Maresal Fevzi Cakmak
1995	Decommissioned	Decommissioned D352 TCG Gayret
1997-sep-01	Decommissioned	Decommissioned D26 Mariz e Barros
2000	Fate: museum	Fate: museum D352 TCG Gayret at Izmet, Turkey
2000-dec	Fate: sunk	Fate: sunk D26 Mariz e Barros as target
2003-dec-16	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DDG-927 ROCS Yun Yang
2005-sep-06	Fate: sunk	Fate: sunk DDG-927 ROCS Yun Yang as a target

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Gearing class

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