USS Lansdowne
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Lansdowne |
| Namesake | Zachary Lansdowne |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
| Laid down | 31 July 1941 |
| Launched | 20 February 1942 |
| Commissioned | 29 April 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 2 May 1946 |
| Fate | Transferred to Turkey, 10 June 1949 |
| Stricken | 15 August 1949 |
| Motto | "We are going through together" |
| Honours & awards | 12 Battle Stars |
| Turkey | |
| Name | Gaziantep |
| Acquired | 10 June 1949 |
| Stricken | 1973 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Gleaves-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,630 tons (2,200 tons loaded) |
| Length | 348 ft 4 in (106.17 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 5 in (5.31 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 37.4 knots (69 km/h) |
| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 16 officers, 260 enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Lansdowne (DD-486), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lansdowne.
Lansdowne was laid down on 31 July 1941 by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company of Kearny, New Jersey and launched on 20 February 1942, sponsored by Miss Peggy Lansdowne, daughter of Lt.Cmdr. Lansdowne. The ship was commissioned on 29 April 1942, Lt. Cmdr. William R. Smedberg III in command.