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USS Carpenter
Gearing-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Carpenter (DD/DDK/DDE-825) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Commander Donald M. Carpenter (1894–1940).[2]
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Name | USS Carpenter |
Namesake | Donald M. Carpenter |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
Laid down | 30 July 1945 |
Launched | 30 December 1945[1] |
Commissioned | 15 December 1949 |
Decommissioned | 20 February 1981 |
Stricken | 6 August 1987 |
Identification | Hull number: DD-825, DDK-825, DDE-825, DD-825 |
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Honours and awards | 17 battle stars |
Fate | Leased to Turkey, 20 February 1981 |
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Name | TCG Anittepe |
Namesake | Anittepe, part of Ankara, Turkey |
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Commissioned | 20 February 1981 |
Decommissioned | November 1997 |
Stricken | March 1998 |
Identification | D-347 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 1999 |
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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 | Dual geared steam turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (44,742 kW) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 367 |
Sensors and processing systems | 1 sonar & 3 radar (surface, air & gun fire control) |
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Armor | .5 in (13 mm) steel |
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