USS Furse
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USS Furse (DD-882/DDR-882) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy.
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USS Furse underway on 28 August 1961 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Furse |
Namesake | John H. Furse |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation |
Laid down | 23 September 1944 |
Launched | 9 March 1945 |
Commissioned | 10 July 1945 |
Decommissioned | 31 August 1972 |
Reclassified | DDR-882, 18 March 1949 |
Stricken | 2 June 1975 |
Identification |
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Motto | Sentinel of the Sea |
Fate | Transferred to Spain, 1972 |
Notes | Sold to Spain, 17 May 1978 |
Badge | |
Spain | |
Name | Gravina |
Namesake | Federico Carlos Gravina y Nápoli |
Acquired | 1972 |
Commissioned | 13 June 1972 |
Decommissioned | 30 September 1991 |
Identification | Hull number: D-62 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1991 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | |
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 | 36.8 knots (68.2 km/h; 42.3 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
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