USS Gyatt
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USS Gyatt (DD-712/DDG-1/DDG-712) was a Gearing-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named for Edward Earl Gyatt, a United States Marine Corps private and Marine Raider who was killed during the Battle of Guadalcanal.[1] Laid down in 1944,[2] the destroyer was commissioned in 1945 and missed combat during the Second World War. In 1955, she was converted into a guided missile destroyer (DDG) and served as the first United States Navy destroyer to test onboard missile systems before she was decommissioned and sunk as a target in 11 June 1970.
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Name | USS Gyatt |
Namesake | Edward Earl Gyatt |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey |
Laid down | 7 September 1944 |
Launched | 15 April 1945 |
Commissioned | 2 July 1945 |
Decommissioned | 22 October 1969 |
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Stricken | 22 October 1969 |
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Fate | Sunk as a target, 11 June 1970 |
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Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,425 long tons (2,464 t) |
Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
Beam | 41 ft 4 in (12.60 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
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