For other ships with the same name, see Greek ship Kanaris.
USS Stickell (DD-888).
History
United States
Name
USS Stickell
Namesake
John H. Stickell
Builder
Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down
5 January 1945
Launched
16 June 1945
Commissioned
31 October 1945
Decommissioned
13 December 1952
Reclassified
DDR-888, 1953
Recommissioned
2 September 1953
Reclassified
DD-888, 1964
Decommissioned
1 July 1972
Stricken
1 July 1972
Honors and awards
6 battle stars (Korea)
1 battle star (Vietnam)
Fate
Transferred to Greece, 1 July 1972
Badge
Greece
Name
HS Kanaris
Namesake
Konstantinos Kanaris
Acquired
1 July 1972
Commissioned
1 July 1972
Decommissioned
15 September 1993
Stricken
1994
Identification
D212
Fate
Sold for scrap, 2002
General characteristics
Class and type
Gearing-class destroyer
Displacement
2,425 long tons (2,464 t) standard
3,520 long tons (3,576 t) full
Length
390 ft 6 in (119.02 m)
Beam
40 ft 10 in (12.45 m)
Draft
19 ft (5.8 m)
Propulsion
4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Geared steam turbines, 60,000 shp (45 MW)
2 shafts
Speed
33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range
4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement
274
Armament
As built :
6 × 5"/38 caliber guns (3×2)
12 × 40 mm AA guns
10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
1 × depth charge track
After FRAM upgrade :
4 × 5"/38 caliber guns (2×2)
1 × MK112 eight cell ASROC launcher
6 × 12.75 in (324 mm) torpedo tubes (2×3) for Mk44/Mk46 torpedoes
1 × depth charge track
In Hellenic Navy service :
4 × 5"/38 caliber guns (2×2)
1 × MK112 eight cell ASROC launcher
6 × 12.75 in (324 mm) torpedo tubes (2×3) for Mk44/Mk46 torpedoes
1 × depth charge track
1 × OTO Melara 76 mm/62 cal. DP gun (in floor of the helicopter deck, had separate fire control)
4 × RGM-84 Harpoon missiles (2×2) (in helicopter deck)
Aircraft carried
2 × QH-50 DASH helicopters (1963-1976)
USS Stickell (DD-888) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy in service from 1945 to 1972. She was renamed HS Kanaris (D212) (Greek: Φ/Γ Κανάρης) in 1972 on transfer to the Hellenic Navy.
USSStickell (DD-888) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy in service from 1945 to 1972. She was renamed HS Kanaris (D212) (Greek: Φ/Γ...
January 1952, she stood out of San Diego in company with USS Arnold J. Isbell and USSStickell bound for the Korean War once more. After stops at Pearl...
batteries and suffered no damage. Brinkley Bass and USSStickell silenced a battery at Kalmagak on March 22. USS Wiltsie received fire from the batteries east...
destroyers USS Corry (DDR-817), USS C. P. Cecil (DDR-835), USSStickell (DDR-888), and USS O'Hare (DDR-889). On February 6, 1961 I went aboard USS Corry (DDR-817)...
destroyer Kanaris (D212), a Gearing-class destroyer launched in 1945 as USSStickell. She was renamed on transfer to Greece in 1972 and scrapped in 2002....
Barton (flag), Soley, and Strong, joined by the radar picket destroyer USSStickell, visiting Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa (3–8 July), then Cape...
– The ex-USS Charles P. Cecil, named after the admiral of Psara during the Greek Revolution Kanaris (D212) (1972–1993) – The ex-USSStickell, named after...
Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer. Stickell Field is named after Lt. John H. Stickell, a US Navy and former RAF pilot. John H. Stickell was killed in 1944 in action...
the Panama Canal on 9 January and anchored briefly at San Diego where Stickell joined the group before continuing west. The destroyers called at Pearl...
and was anchored off the Yangtze estuary. On 10 January, in company with Stickell and HMS Black Swan, the destroyer shielded the merchant ship. Bausell then...
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Museum ships USS Cassin Young (DD-793) - Boston National Historical Park, Charlestown, MA USS Charrette (DD-581) - Thessaloniki, Greece USS Edson (DD-946)...
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