USS Gherardi
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USS Gherardi (DD-637/DMS-30), a Gleaves-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi.
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USS Gherardi in minesweeper configuration | |
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Name | Gherardi |
Namesake | Bancroft Gherardi |
Builder | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard |
Laid down | 16 September 1941 |
Launched | 12 February 1942 |
Commissioned | 15 September 1942 |
Identification | DD-637 |
Reclassified | DMS-30, 15 November 1944 |
Decommissioned | 17 December 1955 |
Stricken | 1 June 1971 |
Fate | Sunk as target off Puerto Rico, 3 June 1973 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gleaves-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,630 tons |
Length | 348 ft 3 in (106.15 m) |
Beam | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
Draft | 11 ft 10 in (3.61 m) |
Propulsion |
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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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Gherardi was launched on 12 February 1942 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs. Christopher Robinson, granddaughter of Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi; and commissioned on 15 September 1942.