USS Harwood
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USS Harwood (DD/DDE-861) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, in service from 1945 to 1971. She was transferred to Turkey on 17 December 1971 and sunk in error by Turkish aircraft on 21 July 1974.[1]
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USS Harwood (DD-861) after FRAM II | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Harwood |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro, California |
Laid down | 29 October 1944 |
Launched | 22 May 1945 |
Commissioned | 28 September 1945 |
Stricken | 1 February 1973 |
Fate | Sold to Turkey, 17 December 1971 |
Turkey | |
Name | TCG Kocatepe |
Acquired | 17 December 1971 |
Identification | D 354 |
Fate | Sunk in error by Turkish aircraft, 21 July 1974 [1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
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 | General Electric geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (44,742 kW) |
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 (1945), 247 (After FRAM II overhaul) |
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