USS Vesole
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USS Vesole (DD-878) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy.
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United States | |
Name | Vesole |
Laid down | 3 July 1944 |
Launched | 29 December 1944 |
Commissioned | 23 April 1945 |
Decommissioned | 1 December 1976 |
Stricken | 1 December 1976 |
Motto | "Going on Before" |
Fate | Sunk as target, 14 April 1983 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 390.5 ft (119.0 m) |
Beam | 40.9 ft (12.5 m) |
Draft | 14.3 ft (4.4 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 36.8 kn (68.2 km/h; 42.3 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 350 as designed |
Sensors and processing systems | Mk37 GFCS |
Armament |
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