USS Turner (DD-834)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Turner |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
| Laid down | 13 November 1944 |
| Launched | 8 April 1945 |
| Commissioned | 12 June 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 26 September 1969 |
| Reclassified | DDR-834, 18 March 1949 |
| Stricken | 26 September 1969 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold for scrap, 13 October 1970 |
| 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 Turner (DD/DDR-834) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the third Navy ship named for Captain Daniel Turner (1794?–1850).
Turner was laid down on 13 November 1944 at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Iron Works Corp.; launched on 8 April 1945; sponsored by Miss Louise Leahy, granddaughter of Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy; and commissioned on 12 June 1945 at the Boston Navy Yard.