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CLASS - GLEAVES
Displacement: 2395 Tons (Full)
Launched August 3 1940 and commissioned October 7 1940.
Decommissioned January 24 1947.
Stricken July 19 1956.
Fate: Sold March 3 1961 to Potomac Shipwrecking Co., Pope's Creek, MD and broken up for scrap in August 1961.
Dimensions, 348' 4"(oa) x 36' 1" x 13' 2" (Max)
Armament 4 x 5"/38AA, 6 x 0.5" MG, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 50,000 SHP; Westinghouse Geared Turbines, 2 screws.
Speed, 35 Knots.
Range 6500 NM@ 12 Knots.
Crew 208.
The year 1943 began to DD 429 LIVERMORE on patrol duty off
Photo. www.navsource.org. By Darryl Baker. date and location unknown.