Lardner
Country | United States |
Ship Class | Gleaves-class Destroyer |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, United States |
Laid Down | 15 Sep 1941 |
Launched | 20 Mar 1942 |
Commissioned | 13 May 1942 |
Decommissioned | 16 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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13 May 1942 | Lardner was commissioned into service. |
25 Oct 1942 | United States Navy Task Force 64 consisting of USS Washington, USS Atlanta, USS San Francisco, USS Helena, USS Lardner, USS Lansdowne, USS Buchanan, USS Fletcher, USS Walke, USS Benham, USS McCalla, USS Aaron Ward, and USS Laffey bound for Savo, Solomon Islands was joined by USS Nicholas as an additional escort. As Nicholas came alongside Washington to exchange mail, Nicholas struck Washington’s side. The battleship was undamaged but Nicholas sustained hull damage from her anchor being pressed into the ship. Nicholas was able to resume her full duties immediately, however. |
16 May 1946 | Lardner was decommissioned from service. |
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