USS O'Hare
USS O'Hare underway in 1966. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | O'Hare |
| Namesake | Edward O'Hare |
| Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation |
| Laid down | 27 January 1945 |
| Launched | 22 June 1945 |
| Commissioned | 29 November 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 31 October 1973 |
| Reclassified | DDR-889, 1953 |
| Stricken | 2 June 1975 |
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| Spain | |
| Name | Méndez Núñez |
| Namesake | Casto Méndez Núñez |
| Acquired | 31 October 1973 |
| Decommissioned | 3 April 1992 |
| Stricken | 1992 |
| Identification | Hull number: D-63 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1992 |
| General characteristics | |
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| Displacement | 2,425 long tons (2,464 t) |
| Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
| Beam | 41 ft (12 m) |
| Draft | 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m) |
| Propulsion | General Electric geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW) |
| Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 267 |
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USS O'Hare (DD/DDR-889) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy in commission from 1945 to 1973. She was named for Lieutenant Commander Edward "Butch" O'Hare, Medal of Honor recipient, who was shot down during the Battle of Tarawa on 27 November 1943.
After the conclusion of her U.S. Navy service, O'Hare was transferred to Spain, where she served in the Spanish Navy from 1973 to 1992 as Méndez Núñez (D63).