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USS Forrest Royal
DD 872 ( Gearing class )
Builder: Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island (United Shipyards)
Laid Down: June 8, 1945
Launched: January 17, 1946
Completed: June 28, 1946
Commissioned: June 29, 1946
Stricken: February 26, 1981
Fate: Turkish Navy, February 1, 1973 as Adatepe
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The Gearing Class as Constructed
Displacement: 2,425 tons (3,479 tons full load)
Length: 390 feet 6 inches
Beam: 40 feet 10 inches
Draught: 14 feet 4 inches (mean)
Machinery: four Babcock & Wilcox boilers;
Geared turbines. 2-shafts.
Performance: S.H.P.: 60,000 = 35 knots
Bunkerage: 740 tons
Range: 4,500 nautical miles at 20 knots
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�E� Division (1948) - Click on Image for Larger View
To view email correspondence concerning the Forrest Royal click on
"Fleet Post Office"
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