USS Buchanan (DD-484)
| Career (USA) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Buchanan |
| Builder: | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
| Laid down: | 11 February 1941 |
| Launched: | 22 November 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 21 March 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 28 April 1948 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Turkey, 28 April 1949 |
| Struck: | 7 June 1949 |
| Career (Turkey) | |
| Name: | Gelibolu |
| Acquired: | 28 April 1949 |
| Struck: | 1976 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1976 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Gleaves-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,630 tons |
| Length: | 348 ft 3 in (106.15 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft 10 in (3.61 m) |
| Propulsion: | 50,000 shp (37 MW); 4 boilers; 2 propellers |
| Speed: | 37.4 knots (69 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,500 nautical miles at 12 kt (12,000 km at 22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 16 officers, 260 enlisted |
| Armament: | 5 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns, 6 × 0.5 in. (12.7 mm) guns, 6 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 in (53 cm) torpedo tubes, 2 × depth charge tracks |
USS Buchanan (DD-484), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the 2nd ship of the United States Navy to be named for Franklin Buchanan, who was an officer in the U.S. Navy who became an admiral in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War.
Buchanan (DD-484) was launched 22 November 1941 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, New Jersey; sponsored by Miss Hildreth Meiere, great-granddaughter of Admiral Buchanan; and commissioned 21 March 1942, Lieutenant Commander R. E. Wilson in command.
Read more about USS Buchanan (DD-484): World War II South Pacific Service, Invasion of The Philippines, End of World War II, TCG Gelibolu (D-346)
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