|
Current Name |
TCG Gayret |
|
Previous Name |
USS Eversole [DD 789] (until 1973) |
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Ships Sign |
D 352 |
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Call Sign |
TBMP |
|
Owner |
Turkish Ministry of Defense, Ankara, Turkey |
|
Flag |
Turkey |
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Port of Registry |
Izmit |
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Type of Ship |
destroyer |
|
Completion |
1946 |
|
Shipyard |
Todd Pacific Shipyards Inc., Seattle, WA, United States of America |
|
Displacement [t] |
3.460 |
|
Overall Length [m] |
119,00 |
|
Registered Breadth [m] |
12,60 |
|
Maximum Draught [m] |
5,80 |
|
Propulsion [KW] |
44.130 |
|
Propulsion [BHP] |
60.000 |
|
Speed [Kn] |
32,5 |
|
Additional Information |
destroyer of type DD 710, ex US "Gearing" class (originally 98 vessels) - in 1950's modernized (FRAM MK I) and also in the 1960's (FRAM MK II). >Eversole< received seven "Battle Stars" for Korean War service. In 1973 she was transferred to Turkey and renamed >Gayret<. >Gayret< was stricken in 1995. She is preserved as a museum ship at Izmit, Turkey. - main armament: 2x twin 127-mm guns Mk 38, 2x twin 40-mm AA guns, 2x twin 35-mm AA guns, 1x 8-tube ASROC ASW rocket launcher, 2 triple ASW torpedo tubes Mk 32 |
