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USS Earle
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USS Earle (DD-635/DMS-42), a Gleaves-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Ralph Earle.
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Name | Earle |
Namesake | Ralph Earle |
Builder | Boston Navy Yard |
Laid down | 14 June 1941 |
Launched | 10 December 1941 |
Commissioned | 1 September 1942 |
Decommissioned | 17 May 1947 |
Stricken | 1 December 1969 |
Fate | Sold October 1970 and broken up for scrap |
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Class and type | Gleaves-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,630 tons |
Length | 348 ft 3 in (106.15 m) |
Beam | 37 ft 0 in (11.28 m)[1] |
Draft | 11 ft 10 in (3.61 m) |
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Speed | 37.4 knots (69 km/h) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 16 officers, 260 enlisted |
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Earle was launched on 10 December 1941 by Boston Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. John F. Hines, Jr., daughter of Rear Admiral Earle; and commissioned on 1 September 1942.