USS George K. MacKenzie
George K. MacKenzie after FRAM I conversion | |
| History | |
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| Name | USS George K. MacKenzie |
| Namesake | George K. MacKenzie |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
| Laid down | 21 December 1944 |
| Launched | 13 May 1945 |
| Commissioned | 13 July 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 30 September 1976 |
| Stricken | 1 October 1976 |
| Identification |
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| Honors & awards | 6 battle stars (Korea) |
| Fate | Sunk as a target, 15 October 1976 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Gearing-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,425 long tons (2,464 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 |
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USS George K. MacKenzie (DD-836) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Commander George K. MacKenzie (1910–1943).