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USS Fred T. Berry
Gearing-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Fred T. Berry (DD/DDE-858) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy.
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Name | USS Fred T. Berry |
Namesake | Fred T. Berry |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro, Los Angeles |
Laid down | 16 July 1944 |
Launched | 28 January 1945 |
Commissioned | 12 May 1945 |
Decommissioned | September 1970 |
Reclassified | DDE-858, 4 March 1950 |
Stricken | 15 September 1970 |
Honors and awards | 2 battle stars (Korea) |
Fate | Scuttled as an artificial reef, 14 May 1972 |
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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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