- USS Lansdale (DD-766)
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Career 
Name: USS Lansdale Namesake: Philip Lansdale (1858-1899), a United States Navy officer Laid down: 2 April 1944 Launched: 20 December 1946 Sponsored by: Mrs. Ethel S. Lansdale Completed: Never Commissioned: Never Struck: 9 June 1958 Fate: never saw active service General characteristics Displacement: 2,425 tons Length: 390 ft 6 in (119 m) (overall) Beam: 41 ft 1 in (12.52 m) Draft: 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m) Propulsion: 60,000 shp (45 MW);
geared turbines;
2 propellersSpeed: 35 knots (65 km/h) Range: 4,500 nmi. at 20 knots
(8,300 km at 37 km/h)Complement: 336 officers and enlisted Armament: 6 × 5 in.(127 mm)/38 guns,
12 × 40 mm AA guns,
11 × 20 mm AA guns,
10 × 21 in. torpedo tubes,
6 × depth charge projectors,
2 × depth charge tracksFor other ships of the same name, see USS Lansdale.USS Lansdale (DD-766) was scheduled to be a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Philip Lansdale (1858-1899), a United States Navy officer.
Lansdale was laid down 2 April 1944 by Bethlehem Steel Company, San Francisco, California; launched 20 December 1946; sponsored by Mrs. Ethel S. Lansdale; and delivered 30 December in partially completed status to the 12th Naval District for berthing at Suisun Bay.
Lansdale saw no active service. In May 1956 she was towed to Long Beach Naval Shipyard where her bow was removed to replace the damaged bow of USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884). Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register 9 June 1958.
References
- This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
Categories:- United States Navy proposed ships
- United States Navy District of Columbia-related ships
- Ships built in San Francisco, California
- 1946 ships
- Gearing class destroyers of the United States Navy
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