USS Eugene A. Greene
USS Eugene A. Greene underway in 1951 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Eugene A. Greene |
| Namesake | Eugene A. Greene |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
| Laid down | 17 August 1944 |
| Launched | 18 March 1945 |
| Commissioned | 8 June 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 31 August 1972 |
| Stricken | 2 June 1975 |
| Identification |
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| Motto | On The Affirmative Way |
| Fate | Transferred to Spain, 31 August 1972 |
| Badge | |
| Spain | |
| Name | Churruca |
| Namesake | Cosme Damián de Churruca y Elorza |
| Acquired | 31 August 1972 |
| Stricken | 15 September 1989 |
| Identification | Hull number: D-61 |
| Fate | Sunk as target, 12 December 1991 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | |
| Displacement | 3,460 long tons (3,516 t) full |
| Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
| Propulsion | Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 336 |
| Armament |
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USS Eugene A. Greene (DD/DDR-711) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Ensign Eugene A. Greene (1921–1942), who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism in the Battle of Midway.