USS Richard E. Kraus
DD 849 (Gearing Class)

Here is a pic of the Kraus taken in the Va. Capes sometime in 1961.
Photo submitted by: Tony Boggio

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Builder:       Bath Iron Works
Laid Down:     July 31, 1945
Launched:      March 2, 1946
Commissioned:  May 23, 1946
Fate:          To South Korea February 23, 1977

We are seeking information on the USS Richard E. Kraus and her crews. Files and photos may be emailed to us and we will incorporate them into this page. When enough information has been assembled we will then build the ship her own section.

The Gearing Class as Constructed

          Displacement:  2,616 tons (3,460 tons full load)
          Length:        390 feet 6 inches
          Beam:          40 feet 10 inches
          Draught:       14 feet 4 inches (mean)
          Machinery:     four Babcock & Wilcox boilers;
                         2-shaft G.E.C. geared turbines
          Performance:   60,000 shp for 36.8 knots
          Bunkerage:     740 tons
          Range:         4,500 nautical miles at 20 knots
          Guns:          six 5 inch DP; twelve 40 mm;
                         eleven 20 mm
          Torpedoes:     ten 21 inch in two mounts

USS Richard E. Kraus DD 849
Photo courtesy W. Lander

From: [email protected]
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 10:47:27 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: USS R.E. Kraus, DD849

Richard, here is a photo of the Kraus and the German Destroyer Hesson D184 tied up pierside in Rosyth Scotland at the British Naval Base. This was taken in the fall of 1970 and comes from the Cruise book.

Both ships were part of the STANAVFORLANT [ NATO ] fleet for that summer and fall. What I remember most about the Hesson, other than the prodigious quantities of beer that were consumed on her every night inport, was the hail of projectiles small and large that she could produce during training exercises. The pilots pulling drogue targets earned a healthy respect, if not outright fear of her. The fear coming in after one exercise when she parted the target tow cable very, very close to the aircraft.

After Lookout Position
1960

Photo submitted by: Tony Boggio

Thanksgiving Dinner Menu 1961