USS Stribling (DD-867)
USS Stribling in 1945 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS Stribling |
| Namesake | Cornelius Stribling |
| Builder | Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York City |
| Laid down | 15 January 1945 |
| Launched | 8 June 1945 |
| Commissioned | 29 September 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 1 July 1976 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1976 |
| Identification |
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| Honors & awards | 2 battle stars (Vietnam) |
| Fate | Sunk as target, 27 July 1980 |
| 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 |
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USS Stribling was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was the second US Navy ship named for Admiral Cornelius Kincheloe Stribling.
Stribling was laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at Staten Island in New York on 15 January 1945, launched on 8 June 1945 by Mrs. W. Hunter Powell and commissioned on 29 September 1945.