USS Eversole (DD-789)
40°45′36″N 29°55′00″E / 40.7600877°N 29.9167693°E
USS Eversole underway on 6 July 1951 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Eversole |
| Namesake | John T. Eversole |
| Builder | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, WA |
| Laid down | 28 February 1945 |
| Launched | 8 January 1946 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. S. R. Eversole |
| Commissioned | 10 May 1946 |
| Decommissioned | 11 July 1973 |
| Stricken | 21 September 1973 |
| Identification |
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| Motto | One Step Ahead |
| Honors & awards | 7 battle stars (Korea) |
| Fate | Transferred to Turkey, 11 July 1973 |
| Badge | |
| Turkey | |
| Name | Gayret |
| Namesake | Gayret |
| Acquired | 11 July 1973 |
| Stricken | 1995 |
| Identification | Hull number: D-352 |
| Motto |
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| Status | Museum ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Gearing-class destroyer |
| 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 Eversole (DD-789) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for Lieutenant (junior grade) John T. Eversole (1915–1942), a naval aviator who was killed in the Battle of Midway. She later served in the Turkish navy from 1973 to 1995 as TCG Gayret (D-352) and is now a ship museum.
Eversole was launched on 8 January 1946 at the Tacoma Washington shipyard of Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Seattle, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. S. R. Eversole, mother of Lt. (j.g.) Eversole; and commissioned on 10 May 1946. The Eversole was one of the final three ships built in Tacoma by Todd-Pacific before closure of the Tacoma yard.