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USS Dennis J. Buckley (DD-808)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Dennis J. Buckley.
USS Dennis J. Buckley (DD/DDR-808) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy.
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Name | USS Dennis J. Buckley |
Namesake | Fireman Dennis J. Buckley, Jr. (1920-1943), a U.S. Navy sailor and Silver Star recipient |
Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
Laid down | 24 July 1944 |
Launched | 20 December 1944 |
Commissioned | 2 March 1945 |
Decommissioned | 2 July 1973 |
Reclassified | DDR-808, 18 March 1949 |
Stricken | 2 July 1973 |
Motto | Experto credite |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 29 April 1974 |
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Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
Displacement | 3,460 long tons (3,516 t) full |
Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
Propulsion | Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
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