DD (DDR) 882 (Gearing Class)
Builder: Consolidated, Orange, Texas Laid Down: September 23, 1944 Launched: March 9, 1945 Commissioned: July 10, 1945 Fate: To Spain August 31, 1972 |
We are seeking information on the USS Furse and her crews. Files and photos may be emailed to us and we will incorporate them into this page.
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
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Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 22:09:42 -0400 From: Scalawag [email protected] Subject: USS Furse DestroyerI was a crewmember of that Destroyer during 1952 thru 1954. The exact listing for that ship is DDR 882. That ship was built in Texas as a radar picket ship. I'm sure this is only an oversight. As soon as I can scan a picture of my former tin can, I will forward it to you. Thank You Roland Archambault Chicopee, MA. 01013
