USS Dyess
Gearing-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Dyess (DD/DDR-880), a Gearing-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Aquilla James Dyess (1909–1944). Dyess was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his leadership of his battalion of Marines in the Battle of Kwajalein. The ship was laid down by Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas on 17 August 1944, launched on 26 January 1945 and commissioned on 21 May 1945. The vessel spent the majority of her career patrolling the Mediterranean Sea with NATO forces. The ship was decommissioned on 27 January 1981 and sold to Greece the same year for spare parts.
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USS Dyess in the Mediterranean Sea, 1962 | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Dyess |
Namesake | Aquilla J. Dyess |
Ordered | 19 July 1940 |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation |
Laid down | 17 August 1944 |
Launched | 26 January 1945 |
Commissioned | 21 May 1945 |
Decommissioned | 27 January 1981 |
Fate | Sold to Greece for spare parts, 8 July 1981 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
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Length | 390.6 ft (119.1 m) |
Beam | 40.10 ft (12.22 m) |
Draft | 14.4 ft (4.4 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 36.8 knots (68.2 km/h) |
Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
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