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USS Lansdowne (DD-486)
USS Lansdowne disembarking the Japanese party into a boat from Iowa for transport to Missouri for the surrender ceremony, Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945.
History
USS LansdowneUnited States
NameLansdowne
NamesakeZachary Lansdowne
BuilderFederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Laid down31 July 1941
Launched20 February 1942
Commissioned29 April 1942
Decommissioned2 May 1946
FateTransferred to Turkey, 10 June 1949
Stricken15 August 1949
Motto"We are going through together"[1]
Honours and
awards
12 Battle Stars
USS LansdowneTurkey
NameGaziantep
Acquired10 June 1949
Stricken1973
FateScrapped in 1973
General characteristics
Class and typeGleaves-class destroyer
Displacement1,630 tons (2,200 tons loaded)
Length348 ft 4 in (106.17 m)
Beam  36 ft (11 m)
Draft  17 ft 5 in (5.31 m)
Propulsion
  • 57,000 shp (43,000 kW);
  • 4 boilers;
  • 2 propellers
Speed37.4 knots (69 km/h)
Range6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement16 officers, 260 enlisted
Armament
  • 4 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns,
  • 8 × 1.1 in (27.9 mm) guns (2×4),
  • 4 × 40 mm AA guns.
  • 5 × 20 mm AA guns,
  • 5 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes,
  • 6 × depth charge projectors,
  • 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Lansdowne (DD-486), a Gleaves-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lansdowne.

Lansdowne was laid down on 31 July 1941 by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company of Kearny, New Jersey and launched on 20 February 1942, sponsored by Miss Peggy Lansdowne, daughter of Lt.Cmdr. Lansdowne. The ship was commissioned on 29 April 1942, Lt. Cmdr. William R. Smedberg III in command.

  1. ^ U.S.S. Lansdowne History Book (1990)

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