


Lansdowne
Country | United States |
Ship Class | Gleaves-class Destroyer |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, United States |
Laid Down | 31 Jul 1941 |
Launched | 20 Feb 1942 |
Commissioned | 29 Apr 1942 |
Decommissioned | 2 May 1946 |
Displacement | 2,395 tons full |
Length | 348 feet |
Beam | 36 feet |
Draft | 13 feet |
Machinery | Westinghouse geared turbines with two screws |
Power Output | 50,000 shaft horsepower |
Speed | 35 knots |
Range | 6,500nm at 12 knots |
Crew | 208 |
Armament | 4x5" anti-aircraft, 5x0.5" machine guns, 10x21" torpedo tubes |
Transferred to Turkey | 10 Jun 1949 |
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Lansdowne Operational Timeline
29 Apr 1942 | Lansdowne was commissioned into service. |
8 Dec 1942 | Destroyers USS Lansdowne and Shaw departed Tulagi, Solomon Islands bound for Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. |
10 Dec 1942 | Destroyers USS Lansdowne and Shaw arrived at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. |
11 Dec 1942 | Destroyers USS Lansdowne and Shaw departed Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides bound for Tulagi, Solomon Islands. |
12 Dec 1942 | Destroyers USS Lansdowne and Shaw departed Tulagi, Solomon Islands in escort of the badly damaged cruiser USS New Orleans bound for Sydney, Australia. |
24 Dec 1942 | Destroyers USS Lansdowne and Shaw in escort of the badly damaged cruiser USS New Orleans arrived at Sydney, Australia. |
2 May 1946 | Lansdowne was decommissioned from service. |
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