[Latest] How old is Gearing-class

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Gearing-class_destroyer
is

As of April 19, 2026

81 years old
approximately!

Date of Birth

(1945 ) is

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Moon

approx. 1088 years old

Mercury

approx. 337.9 years old

Venus

approx. 132.3 years old

Mars

approx. 43.3 years old

Jupiter

approx. 6.9 years old

Saturn

approx. 2.8 years old

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Class overview

USS Gearing, 1960


Name	Gearing class
Builders	Bath Iron Works, ME (30) Consolidated Steel, TX (27) Bethlehem Staten Island, NY (11) Fore River, MA (4) San Pedro, CA (4) San Francisco, CA (3) Federal Shipbuilding, NJ (10) Todd Pacific Seattle, WA (9)
Operators	United States Navy Republic of China Navy Hellenic Navy Republic of Korea Navy Spanish Navy Turkish Naval Forces Pakistan Navy Argentine Navy Brazilian Navy Mexican Navy Ecuadorian Navy Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Preceded by	Allen M. Sumner class
Succeeded by	Norfolk class
Subclasses	Churruca class Chungbuk class Marcílio Dias class
In commission	1945–1983
Planned	152
Completed	98
Cancelled	54
Lost	1
Retired	98
Preserved	5


General characteristics as originally built
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2,616 long tons (2,658 t) standard 3,460 long tons (3,520 t) full load
Length	390.5 ft (119.0 m)
Beam	40.9 ft (12.5 m)
Draft	14.3 ft (4.4 m)
Installed power	4 × boilers 60,000 shp (45,000 kW)
Propulsion	General Electric steam turbines 2 × shafts
Speed	36.8 kn (68.2 km/h; 42.3 mph)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	350 as designed
Sensors & processing systems	Mk37 GFCS 1 × SC radar
Armament	As built: 6 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal guns (in 3 × 2 mounts) 12 × 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors AA guns (2 × 4 & 2 × 2) 11 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons 2 × Depth charge racks 6 × K-gun depth charge throwers 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes post war configuration: 6 × 5 in/38 cal guns (in 3 × 2 Mk 38 DP mounts) 6 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns (2 × 2, 2 × 1) 2 × Hedgehog ASW weapons 1 × Depth charge rack 6 × K-gun depth charge throwers Typical after FRAM I (1960-65): 4 × 5 in/38 cal guns (in 2 × 2 Mk 38 DP mounts) 1 × ASROC 8-cell launcher 2 × triple Mark 32 torpedo tubes for Mark 44 torpedoes 1 × Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter (DASH) Variable Depth Sonar (VDS)

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