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{{Short description|Class of American destroyers}}
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{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = File:USS Hanson (DD-832) returning to San Diego on 4 August 1971.jpg
| Ship caption = USS ''Hanson'' in [[Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization|FRAM]] configuration, 4 August 1971
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{{Infobox ship class overview
| Name = ''Gearing'' class
| Builders = *[[Bath Iron Works]], Maine
*[[Consolidated Steel Corporation|Consolidated Steel]], Texas
*Bethlehem
**[[Bethlehem Staten Island|Staten Island]], New York
**[[Fore River Shipyard|Fore River]], Massachusetts
**[[Bethlehem Shipbuilding San Pedro|San Pedro]], California
**[[Union Iron Works|San Francisco]], California
*[[Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company|Federal Shipbuilding]], New Jersey
*[[Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation|Todd Pacific Seattle]], Washington
| Operators = *{{navy|United States|1912}}
*{{naval|Taiwan}}
*{{navy|Greece}}
*{{navy|South Korea}}
*{{navy|Spain}}
*{{naval|Turkey}}
*{{naval|Pakistan}}
*{{navy|Argentina}}
*{{naval|Brazil}}
*{{naval|Mexico}}
*{{navy|Ecuador}}
*{{naval|Iran}}
| Class before = {{sclass|Allen M. Sumner|destroyer|4}}
| Class after = [[USS Norfolk (DL-1)|''Norfolk'' class]]
| Subclasses = * {{sclass|Churruca|destroyer|4||1972}}
* {{sclass|Chungbuk|destroyer|4}}
* {{sclass|Marcílio Dias|destroyer|4||1973}}
| Built range = 
| In commission range = 1945–1983
| Total ships building = 
| Total ships planned = 152
| Total ships completed = 98
| Total ships cancelled = 54
| Total ships active =
| Total ships laid up =
| Total ships lost = 1
| Total ships retired = 98
| Total ships preserved = 5
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
| Hide header = 
| Header caption = as originally built
| Ship type = [[Destroyer]]
| Ship displacement = * {{cvt|2616|LT|lk=on}} standard
*{{cvt|3460|LT}} full load
| Ship length = {{cvt|390.5|ft}}
| Ship beam = {{cvt|40.9|ft}}
| Ship draft = {{cvt|14.3|ft}}
| Ship power = * 4 × boilers
* {{cvt|60000|shp}}
| Ship propulsion = * General Electric [[steam turbine]]s
* 2 × [[Propeller|shaft]]s
| Ship speed = {{cvt|36.8|kn|lk=in}}
| Ship range = *{{cvt|4,500|nmi|km mi|abbr=on}} at {{cvt|20|kn}}
| Ship complement = 350 as designed
| Ship sensors = *[[Ship gun fire-control system#Mark 37 GFCS|Mk37 GFCS]]
*1 × [[SC radar]]
| Ship EW = 
| Ship armament = *'''As built:'''
* 6 × [[5"/38 caliber gun|{{cvt|5|in|0}}/38 cal guns]] (in 3 × 2 mounts)
* 12 × [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|{{cvt|40|mm|2}} Bofors]] [[Anti-aircraft|AA]] guns (2 × 4 & 2 × 2)
* 11 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|{{cvt|20|mm|2}} Oerlikon cannons]]
* 2 × [[Depth charge]] racks
* 6 × [[K-gun]] depth charge throwers
* 10 × [[Mark 15 torpedo|{{cvt|21|in|0}}]] [[torpedo tube]]s
*'''post war configuration:'''
* 6 × 5 in/38 cal guns (in 3 × 2 Mk 38 [[Dual purpose gun|DP]] mounts)
* 6 × [[3"/50 caliber gun|{{convert|3|in|mm|abbr=on|0}}/50 cal guns]] (2 × 2, 2 × 1)
* 2 × [[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog]] ASW weapons
* 1 × Depth charge rack
* 6 × K-gun depth charge throwers
*'''Typical after [[FRAM I]] (1960-65):'''
* 4 × 5 in/38 cal guns (in 2 × 2 Mk 38 DP mounts)
* 1 × [[ASROC]] 8-cell launcher
* 2 × triple [[Mark 32 torpedo tubes]] for [[Mark 44 torpedo]]es
* 1 × [[QH-50 DASH|Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter]] (DASH)
* [[Variable Depth Sonar]] (VDS)
| Ship notes = 
}}
|}

The '''''Gearing'' class''' was a series of 98 [[destroyer]]s built for the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] during and shortly after [[World War II]]. The ''Gearing'' design was a minor modification of the {{sclass|Allen M. Sumner|destroyer|4}}, whereby the hull was lengthened by {{cvt|14|ft}} at amidships, which resulted in more fuel storage space and increased the operating range.

The first ''Gearings'' were not ready for service until mid-1945 and saw little service in World War II. They continued serving, with a series of upgrades, until the 1970s. At that time many were sold to other nations, where they served many more years.

== Procurement and construction ==
31 vessels were authorized on 9 July 1942:
* DD-710 to DD-721 awarded to Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny.
* DD-742 to DD-743 awarded to Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.
* DD-763 to DD-769 awarded to Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco.
* DD-782 to DD-791 awarded to Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle.

4 vessels were authorized on 13 May 1942:
* DD-805 to DD-808 awarded to Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.

3 vessels were authorized on 27 March 1943 under the [[Vinson–Trammell Act]]:
* DD-809 to DD-811 awarded to Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. (later cancelled)

114 vessels were authorized on 19 July 1943 under the 70% Expansion Act:
* DD-812 awarded to Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. (later cancelled)
* DD-813 to DD-814 awarded to Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island. (later cancelled)
* DD-815 to DD-825 awarded to Consolidated Steel, Orange. (815 and 816 later cancelled)
* DD-826 to DD-849 awarded to Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.
* DD-850 to DD-853 awarded to Bethlehem Steel, [[Fore River Shipyard]], Quincy.
* DD-854 to DD-856 awarded to Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island. (later cancelled)
* DD-858 to DD-861 awarded to Bethlehem Steel, San Pedro.
* DD-862 to DD-872 awarded to Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island.
* DD-873 to DD-890 awarded to Consolidated Steel, Orange.
* DD-891 to DD-893 awarded to Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny.  (later cancelled)
* DD-894 to DD-895 awarded to Consolidated Steel, Orange.  (later cancelled)
* DD-896 to DD-904 awarded to Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.  (later cancelled)
* DD-905 to DD-908 awarded to Boston Navy Yard. (later cancelled)
* DD-909 to DD-916 awarded to Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island.  (later cancelled)
* DD-917 to DD-924 awarded to Consolidated Steel, Orange. (later cancelled)
* DD-925 to DD-926 awarded to Charleston Navy Yard.  (later cancelled)

(Of the missing numbers in this sequence - 722 to 741, 744 to 762, 770 to 781, and 857 were allocated to orders for {{sclass|Allen M. Sumner|destroyer|1}}s; 792 to 804 were awarded to orders for {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer|1}}s.)

== Cancelled vessels ==
In March 1945, the orders for 36 of the above vessels were cancelled, and 11 more orders were cancelled in August 1945. Following the close of [[World War II]], 7 further vessels were cancelled in 1946:
* {{USS|Castle|DD-720|2}} and {{USS|Woodrow R. Thompson|DD-721|2}}, the last pair of the twelve vessels launched by Federal Shipbuilding at Kearny, were cancelled on 11 February 1946. They were sold on 29 August 1955, and scrapped.
* {{USS|Lansdale|DD-766|2}} and {{USS|Seymour D. Owens|DD-767|2}}, both launched by Bethlehem at San Francisco, were cancelled on 7 January 1946. Their bows were used to repair other destroyers, and their remains were scrapped in 1958–1959.
* {{USS|Hoel|DD-768|2}} and {{USS|Abner Read|DD-769|2}}, both building by Bethlehem at San Francisco, were cancelled on 12 September 1946, prior to launch and broken up on the slip.
* {{USS|Seaman|DD-791|2}}, built by Todd Pacific Shipyards at Seattle; partially completed. Put in reserve on 25 June 1946, sold 12 September 1961, scrapped 22 September 1961.
* Four unnamed vessels (DD-809 to DD-812) awarded to Bath Iron Works, and five others (DD-813, DD-814, and DD-854 to DD-856) awarded to Bethlehem at Staten Island, were cancelled on 12 August 1945.
* ''Charles H. Roan'' (DD-815) and ''Timmerman'' (DD-816), both awarded to Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, were also cancelled on 12 August 1945. Their names were reallocated to {{USS|Charles H. Roan|DD-853|2}} and {{USS|Timmerman|DD-828|2}} respectively.
* Three more unnamed vessels (DD-891 to DD-893) awarded to Federal Shipbuilding at Kearney, were cancelled 8 March 1945.
* Ten more unnamed vessels (DD-894, DD-895, and DD-917 to DD-924) awarded to Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, and four more (DD-905 to DD-908) awarded to Boston Navy Yard, and another two (DD-925 and DD-926) awarded to Charleston Navy Yard, were all cancelled on 27 March 1945.
* Nine more unnamed vessels (DD-896 to DD-904) awarded to Bath Iron Works, and another eight (DD-909 to DD-916) awarded to Bethlehem at Staten Island, were all cancelled on 28 March 1945.

==Design==
The first ship was laid down in August 1944, while the last was launched in March 1946. In that time the United States produced 98 ''Gearing''-class destroyers.  The ''Gearing'' class was a seemingly minor improvement of the ''Allen M. Sumner'' class, built from 1943 until 1945. The main differences were that the ''Gearing''s were {{cvt|14|ft}} longer in the midship section, allowing for increased fuel tankage for greater range, an important consideration in [[Pacific War]]. More importantly in the long run, the increased size of the ''Gearing''s made them much more suitable for upgrades than the ''Allen M. Sumner''s, as seen in the wartime [[radar picket]] subclass, the 1950s radar picket destroyer (DDR) and escort destroyer (DDE) conversions, and the [[Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization]] (FRAM) conversions 1960-1965. As designed, the ''Gearing'' class's armament was identical to that on the ''Allen M. Sumner'' class. Three twin [[5"/38 caliber gun|{{cvt|5|in|0}}/38 caliber]] Mark 38 dual purpose (DP) mounts constituted the main battery. The 5-inch guns were guided by a [[Mark 37 Gun Fire Control System]] with a Mark 25 [[fire-control radar|fire control radar]] linked by a [[Mark I Fire Control Computer|Mark 1A Fire Control Computer]] stabilized by a Mark 6 8,500 rpm gyro. This [[ship gun fire-control system|fire control system]] provided effective long-range [[anti-aircraft]] (AA) or anti-surface fire.  Twelve [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|{{cvt|40|mm|2}} Bofors gun]]s in two quad and two twin mounts and 11 [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|{{cvt|20|mm|2}} Oerlikon cannon]]s in single mounts were also equipped. The initial design retained the ''Allen M. Sumner'' class's heavy [[torpedo]] armament of ten {{convert|21|in|adj=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s in two quintuple mounts, firing the [[Mark 15 torpedo]]. As the threat from ''[[kamikaze]]'' aircraft mounted in 1945, and with few remaining [[Imperial Japanese Navy|Japanese warships]] to use torpedoes on, most of the class had the aft quintuple 21-inch tube mounts replaced by an additional 40&nbsp;mm quadruple mount (prior to completion on later ships) for 16 total 40&nbsp;mm guns. Twenty-four ships (DD-742, DD743, 805-808, 829, 831-835, and 874-883) were ordered without torpedo tubes to allow for radar picket equipment; these were redesignated as DDRs in 1948.<ref name="DestroyerOnline">."[http://www.destroyersonline.com/usndd/sumnrasbuilt.htm The ''Sumner'' Class As Built] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222014830/http://www.destroyersonline.com/usndd/sumnrasbuilt.htm |date=22 February 2012 }} Retrieved 25 August 2009."</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Friedman | first = Norman | author-link = Norman Friedman | title = US Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History | publisher = Naval Institute Press | year = 2004 | pages = 129–131 | location = Annapolis | isbn = 1-55750-442-3 | edition = Revised }}</ref><ref>{{cite book| last1 = Silverstone| first1 = Paul H.| title = U.S. Warships of World War II | publisher = Ian Allan Ltd. | year = 1977 | orig-year = 1965 | location = London| isbn = 0-7110-0157-X }}</ref><ref>{{cite book| last1 = Gardiner| first1 = Robert| last2 = Chesneau| first2 = Roger| title = Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946 | publisher = Conway Maritime Press | year = 1980 | location = London| pages = 133–134 | url =https://archive.org/details/conwaysallworlds00ches_314| url-access = limited| isbn = 0-83170-303-2 }}</ref>

===1946–1959 upgrades===
[[File:Gearing class destroyer development chart.png|thumb|Chart showing the development of the ''Gearing'' class.]]
[[File:QSA Item ID 436402 United States Navy ships under the Story Bridge, Brisbane, January 1958 cropped.jpg|thumb|right|{{USS|George K. MacKenzie|DD-836|2}}, {{USS|Leonard F. Mason|DD-852|2}}, {{USS|Henry W. Tucker|DD-875|2}}, and {{USS|Rupertus|DD-851|2}} under the [[Story Bridge]], [[Brisbane]], [[Australia]] in January 1958.]]
Following World War II most of the class had their AA and [[anti-submarine warfare]] (ASW) armament upgraded. The 40&nbsp;mm and 20&nbsp;mm guns were replaced by two to six [[3"/50 caliber gun|{{convert|3|in|0|adj=on}}/50 caliber guns]] in up to two twin and two single mountings. One depth charge rack was removed and two [[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog]] ASW mortar mounts added. The K-guns were retained. Nine additional (for a total of 35) ships were converted to radar picket destroyers (DDR) in the early 1950s; these typically received only one 3-inch twin mount to save weight for radar equipment, as did the wartime radar pickets. Nine ships were converted to escort destroyers (DDE), emphasizing ASW. {{USS|Carpenter|DD-825|2}} was the most thorough DDE conversion, with 4 [[3"/70 Mark 26 gun|3-inch/70 caliber]] guns in twin enclosed mounts, two [[Weapon Alpha]] launchers, four new 21-inch torpedo tubes for the [[Mark 37 torpedo|Mark 37 ASW torpedo]], and one depth charge rack.{{sfn|Friedman|2004|pp=510–513}}

== FRAM I upgrade ==
[[File:Gearing class destroyers before and after FRAM modernization.jpg|thumb|{{USS|Sarsfield|DD-837|2}} (top) as delivered and {{USS|Rowan|DD-782|2}} (bottom) after FRAM I.]]
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, 79 of the ''Gearing''-class destroyers underwent extensive modernization overhauls, known as [[FRAM I]], which were designed under project [[Ship Characteristics Board|SCB 206]]{{sfn|Friedman|2004|pp=285}} to convert them from an anti-aircraft destroyer to an anti-submarine warfare platform. FRAM I removed all of the DDR and DDE equipment, and these ships were redesignated as DDs. FRAM I and FRAM II conversions were completed 1960–1965. Eventually all but three ''Gearing''s received FRAM conversions.<ref>Gardiner and Chumbley, pp. 562-563</ref>

The FRAM I program was an extensive conversion for the ''Gearing''-class destroyers. This upgrade included rebuilding the ship's superstructure, electronic systems, radar, sonar, and weapons. The second twin 5-inch gun mount and all previous AA guns and ASW equipment were removed. On several ships the two forward 5-inch mounts remained and the aft 5-inch mount was removed. Upgraded systems included [[SQS-23]] sonar, [[SPS-10]] surface search radar, two triple [[Mark 32 torpedo tubes]], an 8-cell Anti-Submarine Rocket ([[ASROC]]) box launcher, and one [[QH-50C DASH]] ASW drone helicopter, with its own landing pad and [[hangar]]. Both the Mk 32 torpedo tubes and ASROC launched [[Mark 44 torpedo|Mk. 44 homing ASW torpedoes]]. ASROC could also launch a [[nuclear depth charge]]. On 11 May 1962, {{USS|Agerholm|DD-826|2}} tested a live nuclear ASROC in the "[[Operation Dominic|Swordfish]]" test.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gyrodynehelicopters.com/fram.htm |title=FRAM |publisher=Gyrodynehelicopters.com |date=1962-09-01 |access-date=2012-08-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| last1 = Gardiner| first1 = Robert| last2 = Chumbley| first2 = Stephen | title = Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995 | publisher = Conway Maritime Press | year = 1995 | location = London| pages = [https://archive.org/details/conwaysallworlds00gard/page/n220 213]–217, 240–245 | url =https://archive.org/details/conwaysallworlds00gard| url-access = limited| isbn = 1-55750-132-7 }}</ref><ref name=Register1>{{cite book| last = Bauer| first = K. Jack|author2=Roberts, Stephen S. | title = Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants | publisher = Greenwood Press | year = 1991 | location = [[Westport, Connecticut]] | pages = 201–206 | isbn = 0-313-26202-0 }}</ref>

In Navy slang, the modified destroyers were called "FRAM cans", "can" being a contraction of "tin can", the slang term for a destroyer or destroyer escort.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}}

The [[Gyrodyne QH-50 DASH|Gyrodyne QH-50C DASH]] was an unmanned anti-submarine helicopter, controlled remotely from the ship. The drone could carry two Mark 44 homing ASW torpedoes. During this era the ASROC system had an effective range of only {{convert|5|nmi|lk=in}}, but the DASH drone allowed the ship to deploy ASW attack to sonar contacts as far as {{cvt|22|nmi}} away.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gyrodynehelicopters.com/qh-50c1.htm |title=QH-50C |publisher=Gyrodynehelicopters.com |access-date=2012-08-17}}</ref> However, DASH proved unreliable in shipboard service, with over half of the USN's 746 drones lost at sea. This was possibly due to inadequate maintenance support, as other services had few difficulties with DASH. By 1970, DASH had been withdrawn from FRAM I ships, though it was retained into the early 1970s on FRAM II ships, which lacked ASROC. A limitation of drones in ASW was the need to re-acquire the target at ranges beyond the effectiveness of the controlling ship's sonar. This led to shift to the [[LAMPS]] program of manned helicopters, which the ''Gearing'' class were too small to accommodate.{{sfn|Friedman|2004|pp=282–283}}

An upgraded version of DASH, QH-50D, remained in use by the [[United States Army]] until May 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gyrodynehelicopters.com/gyrodyne_today.htm |title=Gyrodyne Today |publisher=Gyrodynehelicopters.com |date=2006-05-09 |access-date=2012-08-17}}</ref>

FRAM I "A" Ships: (First 8 conversions) Removal of aft twin 5-inch gun mount (Mount 53). Group A ships also received two MK10/11 Hedgehogs fitted on each side of the bridge at the 01 level and had the MK-32 triple torpedo launchers aft of the second stack. FRAM I "B" Ships (remainder of conversions): Kept their forward 5-inch mount (Mount 51), lost the second mount (Mount 52) and kept their aft 5-inch mount (Mount 53). In place of mount 52, a practice 5-inch reloading machine was installed with the MK-32 triple torpedo launchers aft of the loader. Group B ships also received greater ASROC and torpedo storage areas next to the port side of the DASH hangar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/dd-710-mods.htm|title=DD-710 Gearing-class|first=John|last=Pike|website=www.globalsecurity.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/helpers/fram.htm|title=Special Feature - FRAM|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>

== FRAM II upgrade ==
[[File:USS Norris (DD-859) at sea in May 1966.jpg|thumb|{{USS|Norris|DD-859|2}} after FRAM II.]]
The FRAM II program was designed primarily for the ''Allen M. Sumner'' class destroyer, but sixteen ''Gearing''s were upgraded as well. This upgrade program included life-extension refurbishment, a new radar system, Mark 32 torpedo tubes, DASH ASW drone, and [[variable depth sonar]] (VDS). Importantly, it did not include ASROC. FRAM II ships included six DDRs and six DDEs that retained their specialized equipment (1960–1961), as well as four DDRs that were converted to DDs and were nearly identical to the ''Allen M. Sumner'' class FRAM IIs (1962–1963). The FRAM II ships retained all six 5-inch guns, except the DDEs retained four 5-inch guns and a trainable Hedgehog in the No. 2 position. All FRAM IIs retained two Hedgehogs alongside either the No. 2 5-inch mount or the trainable Hedgehog mount. The four DDRs converted to DDs were armed with two new 21-inch torpedo tubes for the Mk. 37 ASW homing torpedo. Photographs of the six retained DDRs show no markings on the DASH landing deck, as well as a much smaller deckhouse than was usually provided for DASH, so they may not have been equipped with DASH.

== Service and disposition ==
Many of the ''Gearing''s provided significant [[gunfire support]] in the [[Vietnam War]]. They also served as escorts for [[Carrier Battle Group]]s ([[carrier strike group]]s from 2004) and [[Amphibious Ready Groups]] ([[Expeditionary Strike Group]]s from 2006). DASH was withdrawn from ASW service in 1969, due to poor reliability. Lacking ASROC, the FRAM II ships were disposed of in 1969–1974. With ASROC continuing to provide a standoff ASW capability, the ''Gearing'' FRAM Is were retained in service for several years, with most being decommissioned and transferred to foreign navies 1973–1980. They were replaced as ASW ships by the {{sclass|Spruance|destroyer|1}}s, which were commissioned 1975–1983. These had the same ASW armament as a ''Gearing'' FRAM destroyer, with the addition of improved sonar and a piloted helicopter, initially the [[Kaman SH-2 Seasprite]], and from 1984, the Sikorsky [[SH-60 Seahawk]]. Some ''Gearing''s served in the [[Naval Reserve Force]] (NRF) from 1973, remaining in commission with a partial active crew to provide training for Naval reservists. The last ''Gearing''-class destroyer in US naval service was {{USS|William C. Lawe|DD-763|2}}, a FRAM I, decommissioned and struck 1 October 1983, and expended as a target 14 July 1999.<ref>Friedman 2004, p. 510</ref>

== Yang class ==
[[File:Taiwanese destroyer Liao Yang (DDG-921) underway 1993.JPEG|thumb|The Taiwanese destroyer ''Liao Yang'' in 1993 (ex {{USS|Hanson|DD-832|2}}).]]
[[File:Midship of ROCN Yi Yang (FFG-939) 20140327.jpg|thumb|right|[[Knox-class frigate|''Chi Yang''-class frigate]] ROCN ''Yi Yang'' has ten SM-1 missiles installed in two forward twin box launchers on top of the helicopter hangar, and two triple box launchers installed between the stack and the hangar.]]

After the ''Gearing''-class ships were retired from USN service, many were sold abroad, including over a dozen to the [[Republic of China Navy]] (ROCN) in [[Taiwan]]. These ships, along with ''Fletcher''-class destroyers and ''Allen M. Sumner''-class destroyers also acquired then, were upgraded under the Wu&nbsp;Chin ({{zh|c=武進}}) I, II, and III programs and known throughout the ROCN as the Yang-class ({{zh|c=陽字號}}) destroyers as they were assigned names that all end with the word "Yang".  The last batch of 7&nbsp;WC-III program vessels, all of them ''Gearing'' class, were retired in the early 2000s.<ref>{{cite web|author=John Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/taiwan/chao-yang.htm |title=Chao Yang-class [Gearing&#93; Destroyer - Republic of China [Taiwan&#93; Navy |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |access-date=2012-08-17}}</ref>

Under the most advanced Wu Chin III upgrade program, all World War II vintage weapons were removed and replaced with four [[Hsiung Feng II]] surface-to-surface missiles, ten [[Standard Missile|SM-1]] (box launchers), one 8-cell ASROC, one [[Otobreda 76 mm|{{cvt|76|mm|in|0}} Otobreda gun]], two Bofors 40&nbsp;mm AA, one [[Phalanx CIWS|20 mm Phalanx CIWS]] and two [[Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes|triple {{cvt|12.75|in|0}} torpedo tubes]]. The DASH ASW drones were not acquired, but hangar facilities aboard those ships that had them were later used to accommodate of [[MD 500 Defender|MD 500/ASW helicopters]].

After the Yang-class destroyers were decommissioned, the SM-1 launch boxes were moved to [[Knox-class frigate|''Chi Yang''-class frigates]] to improve their anti-air capability.

==Ships in class==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Ships of the ''Gearing'' destroyer class
|-
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Hull no.
! scope="col" style="max-width: 9em;" | Builder
! scope="col" style="max-width: 6em;" | Laid down
! scope="col" style="max-width: 6em;" | Launched
! scope="col" style="max-width: 6em;" | Commissioned
! scope="col" | FRAM
! scope="col" style="max-width: 6em;" | Decommissioned
! scope="col" data-sort-type=date | Fate
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Gearing|DD-710|6}}
! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;" | DD-710
| rowspan=10 | [[Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company]], [[Newark, New Jersey]]
| 10 August 1944
| 18 February 1945
| 3 May 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 2 July 1973
| data-sort-value="6 November 1974" | Sold for scrap, 6 November 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Eugene A. Greene|DD-711|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-711
| 17 August 1944
| 18 March 1945
| 8 June 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 31 August 1972
| data-sort-value="31 August 1972" | Transferred to Spain, 31 August 1972
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Gyatt|DD-712|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-712
| 7 September 1944
| 15 April 1945
| 2 July 1945
|
| 22 October 1969
| data-sort-value="11 June 1970" | Sunk as a target, 11 June 1970
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Kenneth D. Bailey|DD-713|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-713 DDR-713
| 21 September 1944
| 17 June 1945
| 31 July 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | II
| 20 January 1970
| data-sort-value="13 January 1975" | Sold to Iran, 13 January 1975, to be broken up for spare parts
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|William R. Rush|DD-714|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-714
| 19 October 1944
| 8 July 1945
| 21 September 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 1 July 1978
| data-sort-value="2016-12" | Transferred to South Korea in 1978; retired in 2000; became museum ship; scrapped December 2016
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|William M. Wood|DD-715|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-715
| 2 November 1944
| 29 July 1945
| 24 November 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 1 December 1976
| data-sort-value="1983-03" | Sunk as target off Puerto Rico during ReadEx 1-83 in March 1983
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Wiltsie|DD-716|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-716
| 13 March 1945
| 31 August 1945
| 12 January 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 23 January 1976
| data-sort-value="29 April 1977" | Sold to Pakistan, 29 April 1977
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Theodore E. Chandler|DD-717|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-717
| 23 April 1945
| 20 October 1945
| 22 March 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 1 April 1975
| data-sort-value="30 December 1975" | Sold for scrap, 30 December 1975
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Hamner|DD-718|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-718
| 25 April 1945
| 24 November 1945
| 12 July 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 1 October 1979
| data-sort-value="17 December 1980" | Sold to Taiwan, 17 December 1980
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Epperson|DD-719|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-719 DDE-719
| 20 June 1945
| 22 December 1945
| 19 March 1949
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 1 December 1975
| data-sort-value="29 April 1977" | Transferred to Pakistan, 29 April 1977
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Frank Knox|DD-742|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-742 {{nowrap|DDR-742}}
| rowspan=2 | [[Bath Iron Works]], [[Bath, Maine]]
| 8 May 1944
| 17 September 1944
| 11 December 1944
| style="text-align: center;" | II
| 30 January 1971
| data-sort-value="3 February 1971" | Transferred to Greece, 3 February 1971
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Southerland|DD-743|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-743
| 27 May 1944
| 5 October 1944
| 22 December 1944
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 26 February 1981
| data-sort-value="2 August 1997" | Sunk as a target, 2 August 1997
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|William C. Lawe|DD-763|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-763
| rowspan=3 | [[Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation]], [[Union Iron Works|San Francisco, California]]
| 12 March 1944
| 21 May 1945
| 18 December 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 1 October 1983
| data-sort-value="14 July 1999" | Sunk as a target, 14 July 1999
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Lloyd Thomas|DD-764|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-764 DDE-764
| 26 March 1944
| 5 October 1945
| 21 March 1947
| style="text-align: center;" | II
| 12 October 1972
| data-sort-value="12 October 1972" | Sold to the Republic of China, 12 October 1972
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Keppler|DD-765|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-765 DDE-765
| 23 April 1944
| 24 June 1946
| 23 May 1947
| style="text-align: center;" | II
| 1 July 1972
| Sold to Turkey
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Rowan|DD-782|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-782
| rowspan=9 | [[Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation|Todd Pacific Shipyards]], [[Seattle, Washington]]
| 25 March 1944
| 29 December 1944
| 31 March 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 18 December 1975
| data-sort-value="22 August 1977" | Ran aground and wrecked while under tow, 22 August 1977
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Gurke|DD-783|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-783
| 1 July 1944
| 15 February 1945
| 12 May 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 30 January 1976
| data-sort-value="17 March 1977" | Transferred to Greece, 17 March 1977
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|McKean|DD-784|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-784
| 15 September 1944
| 31 March 1945
| 9 June 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 1 October 1981
| data-sort-value="2 November 1982" | Transferred to Turkey, 2 November 1982
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Henderson|DD-785|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-785
| 27 October 1944
| 28 May 1945
| 4 August 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 30 September 1980
| data-sort-value="1 October 1980" | Sold to Pakistan, 1 October 1980
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Richard B. Anderson|DD-786|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-786
| 1 December 1944
| 7 July 1945
| 26 October 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IA
| 20 December 1975
| data-sort-value="1 June 1977" | Transferred to Republic of China, 1 June 1977
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|James E. Kyes|DD-787|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-787
| 27 December 1944
| 4 August 1945
| 8 February 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 31 March 1973
| data-sort-value="18 April 1973" | Transferred to Taiwan, 18 April 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Hollister|DD-788|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-788
| 18 January 1945
| 9 October 1945
| 29 March 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 31 August 1979
| data-sort-value="3 March 1983" | Transferred to Taiwan, 3 March 1983
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Eversole|DD-789|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-789
| 28 February 1945
| 8 January 1946
| 10 May 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 11 July 1973
| data-sort-value="11 July 1973" | Transferred to Turkey, 11 July 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Shelton|DD-790|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-790
| 31 May 1945
| 8 March 1946
| 21 June 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IA
| 31 March 1973
| data-sort-value="18 April 1973" | Sold to Taiwan, 18 April 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Chevalier|DD-805|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-805 DDR-805
| rowspan=4 | [[Bath Iron Works]], [[Bath, Maine]]
| 12 June 1944
| 29 October 1944
| 9 January 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | II
| 5 July 1972
| data-sort-value="5 July 1972" | Transferred to [[South Korea]], 5 July 1972
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Higbee|DD-806|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-806
| 26 June 1944
| 13 November 1944
| 27 January 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 15 July 1979
| data-sort-value="24 April 1986" | Sunk as a target, 24 April 1986
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Benner|DD-807|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-807 DDR-807
| 10 July 1944
| 30 November 1944
| 13 February 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | II
| 20 November 1970
| data-sort-value="18 April 1975" | Sold for scrap, 18 April 1975
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Dennis J. Buckley|DD-808|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-808
| 24 July 1944
| 20 December 1944
| 2 March 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 2 July 1973
| data-sort-value="29 April 1974" | Sold for scrap, 29 April 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Corry|DD-817|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-817
| rowspan=9 | [[Consolidated Steel Corporation]], [[Orange, Texas]]
| 5 April 1945
| 28 July 1945
| 27 February 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 27 February 1981
| data-sort-value="8 July 1981" | Transferred to Greece, 8 July 1981
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|New|DD-818|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-818
| 14 April 1945
| 18 August 1945
| 5 April 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 1 July 1976
| data-sort-value="23 February 1977" | Transferred to [[South Korea]], 23 February 1977
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Holder|DD-819|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-819
| 23 April 1945
| 25 August 1945
| 18 May 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 1 October 1976
| data-sort-value="23 February 1977" | Transferred to Ecuador, 23 February 1977
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Rich|DD-820|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-820
| 16 May 1945
| 5 October 1945
| 3 July 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 10 November 1977
| data-sort-value="5 December 1979" | Sold for scrap, 5 December 1979
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Johnston|DD-821|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-821
| 26 March 1945
| 10 October 1945
| 23 August 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 27 February 1981
| data-sort-value="27 February 1981" | Transferred to Republic of China, 27 February 1981
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Robert H. McCard|DD-822|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-822
| 20 June 1945
| 9 November 1945
| 23 October 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 5 June 1980
| data-sort-value="5 June 1980" | Transferred to Turkey, 5 June 1980
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Samuel B. Roberts|DD-823|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-823
| 27 June 1945
| 30 November 1945
| 22 December 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 2 November 1970
| data-sort-value="14 November 1971" | Sunk as a target, 14 November 1971
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Basilone|DD-824|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-824 DDE-824
| 7 July 1945
| 21 December 1945
| 26 July 1949
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 1 November 1977
| data-sort-value="9 April 1982" | Sunk in exercise, 9 April 1982
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Carpenter|DD-825|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-825 DDK-825 DDE-825
| 30 July 1945
| 30 December 1945<ref name=nvr>{{cite web|url={{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD825}}|title=Naval Vessel Register}}</ref>
| 15 December 1949
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 20 February 1981
| data-sort-value="20 February 1981" | Leased to Turkey, 20 February 1981
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Agerholm|DD-826|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-826
| rowspan=24 | [[Bath Iron Works]], [[Bath, Maine]]
| 10 September 1945
| 30 March 1946
| 20 June 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IA
| 1 December 1978
| data-sort-value="18 July 1982" | Sunk as a target, 18 July 1982
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Robert A. Owens|DD-827|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-827 DDK-827 DDE-827
| 29 October 1945
| 15 July 1946
| 5 November 1949
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 16 February 1982
| data-sort-value="16 February 1982" | Transferred to Turkey, 16 February 1982
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Timmerman|DD-828|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-828
| 1 October 1945
| 19 May 1951
| 26 September 1952
|
| 27 July 1956
| data-sort-value="21 April 1959" | Sold for scrap, 21 April 1959
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Myles C. Fox|DD-829|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-829
| 14 August 1944
| 13 January 1945
| 20 March 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 1 October 1979
| data-sort-value="2 August 1980" | Transferred to Greece for spare parts, 2 August 1980
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Everett F. Larson|DD-830|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-830 DDR-830
| 4 September 1944
| 28 January 1945
| 6 April 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | II
| 30 October 1972
| data-sort-value="30 October 1972" | Transferred to [[South Korea]], 30 October 1972
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Goodrich|DD-831|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-831 DDR-831
| 18 September 1944
| 25 February 1945
| 24 April 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | II
| 30 November 1969
| data-sort-value="12 September 1977" | Sold for scrap, 12 September 1977
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Hanson|DD-832|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-832
| 7 October 1944
| 11 March 1945
| 11 May 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 31 March 1973
| data-sort-value="18 April 1973" | Transferred to Republic of China, 18 April 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Herbert J. Thomas|DD-833|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-833
| 30 October 1944
| 25 March 1945
| 29 May 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 4 December 1970
| data-sort-value="1 June 1974" | Transferred to Republic of China, 1 June 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Turner|DD-834|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-834 DDR-834
| 13 November 1944
| 8 April 1945
| 12 June 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | II
| 26 September 1969
| data-sort-value="13 October 1970" | Sold for scrap, 13 October 1970
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Charles P. Cecil|DD-835|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-835
| 2 December 1944
| 2 April 1945
| 29 June 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 1 October 1979
| data-sort-value="8 August 1980" | Sold to Greece, 8 August 1980
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|George K. MacKenzie|DD-836|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-836
| 21 December 1944
| 13 May 1945
| 13 July 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 30 September 1976
| data-sort-value="15 October 1976" | Sunk as a target, 15 October 1976
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Sarsfield|DD-837|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-837
| 15 January 1945
| 27 May 1945
| 31 July 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 1 October 1977
| data-sort-value="1 October 1977" | Transferred to Republic of China, 1 October 1977 and become museum at An-Pin harbor TAI-NAN, TAIWAN.
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Ernest G. Small|DD-838|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-838 DDR-838
| 30 January 1945
| 14 June 1945
| 21 August 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | II
| 13 November 1970
| data-sort-value="13 April 1971" | Transferred to Republic of China, 13 April 1971
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Power|DD-839|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-839
| 26 February 1945
| 30 June 1945
| 13 September 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 1 October 1977
| data-sort-value="1 October 1977" | Sold to Republic of China, 1 October 1977
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Glennon|DD-840|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-840
| 12 March 1945
| 14 July 1945
| 4 October 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 1 October 1976
| data-sort-value="26 February 1981" | Sunk as a target, 26 February 1981
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Noa|DD-841|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-841
| 26 March 1945
| 30 July 1945
| 2 November 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IA
| 31 October 1973
| data-sort-value="17 May 1978" | Loaned to Spain, 31 October 1973; Sold, 17 May 1978
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Fiske|DD-842|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-842
| 9 April 1945
| 8 September 1945
| 28 November 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 5 June 1980
| data-sort-value="5 June 1980" | Transferred to Turkey, 5 June 1980
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Warrington|DD-843|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-843
| 23 April 1945
| 27 September 1945
| 20 December 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 30 September 1972
| data-sort-value="24 April 1973" | Transferred to Taiwan, 24 April 1973, for spare parts
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Perry|DD-844|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-844
| 14 May 1945
| 25 October 1945
| 17 January 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IA
| 1 July 1973
| data-sort-value="24 June 1974" | Sold for scrap, 24 June 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Bausell|DD-845|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-845
| 28 May 1945
| 19 November 1945
| 7 February 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IA
| 30 May 1978
| data-sort-value="17 July 1987" | Sunk as a target, 17 July 1987
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Ozbourn|DD-846|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-846
| 16 June 1945
| 22 December 1945
| 5 March 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 30 May 1975
| data-sort-value="1 December 1975" | Sold for scrap, 1 December 1975
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Robert L. Wilson|DD-847|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-847
| 2 July 1945
| 5 January 1946
| 28 March 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 30 September 1974
| data-sort-value="1 March 1980" | Sunk as a target, 1 March 1980
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Witek|DD-848|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-848 EDD-848
| 16 July 1945
| 2 February 1946
| 23 April 1946
|
| 19 August 1968
| data-sort-value="4 July 1969" | Sunk as a target, 4 July 1969
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Richard E. Kraus|DD-849|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-849
| 31 July 1945
| 2 March 1946
| 23 May 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 1 July 1976
| data-sort-value="23 February 1977" | Transferred to [[South Korea]], 23 February 1977
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.|DD-850|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-850
| rowspan=4 | [[Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation]], [[Fore River Shipyard]], [[Quincy, Massachusetts]]
| 2 April 1945
| 26 July 1945
| 15 December 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 2 July 1973
| [[Museum ship]] at [[Battleship Cove]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Rupertus|DD-851|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-851
| 2 May 1945
| 21 September 1945
| 8 March 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 10 July 1973
| data-sort-value="10 July 1973" | Loaned to Greece, 10 July 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Leonard F. Mason|DD-852|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-852
| 6 August 1945
| 4 January 1946
| 28 June 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 2 November 1976
| data-sort-value="10 March 1978" | Sold to Republic of China, 10 March 1978
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Charles H. Roan|DD-853|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-853
| 27 September 1945
| 15 March 1946
| 12 September 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 21 September 1973
| data-sort-value="21 September 1973" | Transferred to Turkey, 21 September 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Fred T. Berry|DD-858|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-858 DDE-858
| rowspan=4 | [[Bethlehem Shipbuilding San Pedro|Bethlehem Shipbuilding]], [[San Pedro, California]]
| 16 July 1944
| 28 January 1945
| 12 May 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | II
| 15 September 1970
| data-sort-value="14 May 1972" | Scuttled as an artificial reef, 14 May 1972
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Norris|DD-859|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-859 DDE-859
| 29 August 1944
| 25 February 1945
| 9 June 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | II
| 4 December 1970
| data-sort-value="1 July 1974" | Transferred to Turkey, 1 July 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|McCaffery|DD-860|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-860 DDE-860
| 1 October 1944
| 12 April 1945
| 26 July 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | II
| 30 September 1973
| data-sort-value="11 June 1974" | Sold for scrap, 11 June 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Harwood|DD-861|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-861 DDE-861
| 29 October 1944
| 22 May 1945
| 28 September 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | II
| 1 February 1971
| data-sort-value="17 December 1971" | Transferred to Turkey, 17 December 1971
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Vogelgesang|DD-862|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-862
| rowspan=11 | [[Bethlehem Staten Island]], [[Staten Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
| 3 August 1944
| 15 January 1945
| 28 April 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 24 February 1982
| data-sort-value="24 February 1982" | Sold to Mexico, 24 February 1982
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Steinaker|DD-863|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-863
| 1 September 1944
| 13 February 1945
| 26 May 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 24 February 1982
| data-sort-value="24 February 1982" | Sold to Mexico, 24 February 1982
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Harold J. Ellison|DD-864|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-864
| 3 October 1944
| 14 March 1945
| 23 June 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 1 October 1983
| data-sort-value="1 October 1983" | Transferred to Pakistan, 1 October 1983
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Charles R. Ware|DD-865|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-865
| 1 November 1944
| 12 April 1945
| 21 July 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 30 November 1974
| data-sort-value="15 November 1981" | Sunk as target 15 November 1981
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Cone|DD-866|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-866
| 30 November 1944
| 10 May 1945
| 18 August 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 1 October 1982
| data-sort-value="1 October 1982" | Transferred to Pakistan, 1 October 1982
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Stribling|DD-867|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-867
| 15 January 1945
| 8 June 1945
| 29 September 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IA
| 1 July 1976
| data-sort-value="27 July 1980" | Sunk as target, 27 July 1980
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Brownson|DD-868|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-868
| 13 February 1945
| 7 July 1945
| 17 November 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 30 September 1976
| data-sort-value="10 June 1977" | Sold for scrap, 10 June 1977
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Arnold J. Isbell|DD-869|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-869
| 14 March 1945
| 6 August 1945
| 5 January 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 4 December 1973
| data-sort-value="4 December 1973" | Sold to Greece, 4 December 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Fechteler|DD-870|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-870
| 12 April 1945
| 19 September 1945
| 2 March 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 11 September 1970
| data-sort-value="28 June 1972" | Sold for scrap, 28 June 1972
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Damato|DD-871|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-871 DDE-871
| 10 May 1945
| 21 November 1945
| 27 April 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 30 September 1980
| data-sort-value="1 October 1980" | Transferred to Pakistan, 1 October 1980
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Forrest Royal|DD-872|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-872
| 8 June 1945
| 17 January 1946
| 29 June 1946
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 27 March 1971
| data-sort-value="27 March 1971" | Sold to Turkey, 27 March 1971
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Hawkins|DD-873|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-873
| rowspan=18 | [[Consolidated Steel Corporation]], [[Orange, Texas]]
| 14 May 1944
| 7 October 1944
| 10 February 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 1 October 1979
| data-sort-value="17 March 1983" | Sold to Taiwan, 17 March 1983
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Duncan|DD-874|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-874 DDR-874
| 22 May 1944
| 27 October 1944
| 25 February 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | II
| 15 January 1971
| data-sort-value="31 July 1980" | Sunk as target, 31 July 1980
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Henry W. Tucker|DD-875|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-875
| 29 May 1944
| 8 November 1944
| 12 March 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 3 December 1973
| data-sort-value="3 December 1973" | Transferred to Brazil, 3 December 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Rogers|DD-876|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-876
| 3 June 1944
| 20 November 1944
| 26 March 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 1 October 1980
| data-sort-value="25 July 1981" | Transferred to [[South Korea]], 25 July 1981
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Perkins|DD-877|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-877 DDR-877
| 19 June 1944
| 7 December 1944
| 4 April 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | II
| 15 January 1973
| data-sort-value="15 January 1973" | Transferred to Argentina, 15 January 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Vesole|DD-878|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-878
DDR-878
| 3 July 1944
| 29 December 1944
| 23 April 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 1 December 1976
| data-sort-value="14 April 1983" | Sunk as target, 14 April 1983
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Leary|DD-879|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-879
| 11 August 1944
| 20 January 1945
| 7 May 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 31 October 1973
| data-sort-value="17 May 1978" | Transferred to Spain, 17 May 1978
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Dyess|DD-880|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-880
| 17 August 1944
| 26 January 1945
| 21 May 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 27 January 1981
| data-sort-value="8 July 1981" | Sold to Greece for spare parts, 8 July 1981
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Bordelon|DD-881|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-881
| 9 September 1944
| 3 March 1945
| 5 June 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 1 February 1977
| data-sort-value="1 July 1977" | Transferred to Iran, 1 July 1977
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Furse|DD-882|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-882
| 23 September 1944
| 9 March 1945
| 10 July 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 31 August 1972
| data-sort-value="17 May 1978" | Loaned to Spain, 1972; Sold, 17 May 1978
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Newman K. Perry|DD-883|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-883
| 10 October 1944
| 17 March 1945
| 26 July 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 27 February 1981
| data-sort-value="27 February 1981" | Transferred to South Korea, 27 February 1981
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Floyd B. Parks|DD-884|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-884
| 30 October 1944
| 31 March 1945
| 31 July 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 2 July 1973
| data-sort-value="1 April 1974" | Sold for scrap, 1 April 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|John R. Craig|DD-885|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-885
| 17 November 1944
| 14 April 1945
| 20 August 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 27 July 1979
| data-sort-value="17 June 1980" | Sunk as target, 17 June 1980
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Orleck|DD-886|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-886
| 28 November 1944
| 12 May 1945
| 15 September 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 1 October 1982
| data-sort-value="1 October 1982" | Transferred to Turkey, 1 October 1982
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Brinkley Bass|DD-887|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-887
| 20 December 1944
| 26 May 1945
| 1 October 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 3 December 1973
| data-sort-value="3 December 1973" | Transferred to Brazil, 3 December 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Stickell|DD-888|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-888
| 5 January 1945
| 16 June 1945
| 31 October 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 1 July 1972
| data-sort-value="1 July 1972" | Transferred to Greece, 1 July 1972
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|O'Hare|DD-889|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-889
| 27 January 1945
| 22 June 1945
| 29 November 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IB
| 31 October 1973
| data-sort-value="17 May 1978" | Loaned to Spain, 31 October 1973; Sold, 17 May 1978
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Meredith|DD-890|6}}
! scope="row" | DD-890
| 27 January 1945
| 28 June 1945
| 31 December 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | IA
| 29 June 1979
| data-sort-value="29 June 1979" | Transferred to Turkey, 29 June 1979
|}

[[File:Map of WW2 Shipyards building DD.jpg|thumb|right|World War II Destroyer Shipbuilders map from Department of Defense (DoD)|350x350px]]

==Survivors==
Five ''Gearing''-class destroyers are preserved as museum ships: two in the United States, one in South Korea, one in Taiwan, and one in Turkey. The ROKS ''Jeon Buk'' (DD-916) (formerly the {{USS|Everett F. Larson|DD-830|6}}) was scrapped in December 2021, leaving five survivors out of the ninety eight ships built.

=== Surviving ships ===
* {{USS|Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.|DD-850}} in [[Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River]], [[Massachusetts]]
* {{USS|Orleck|DD-886}} in [[Jacksonville]], [[Florida]]
* [[USS Sarsfield (DD-837)|ROCS ''Te Yang'' (DDG-925)]] in [[Tainan City]], [[Taiwan]]
* [[USS Rogers (DD-876)|ROKS ''Jeong Ju'' (DD-925)]] in [[Dangjin]], [[South Korea]]
* [[USS Eversole (DD-789)|TCG ''Gayret'' (D352)]] in [[Izmit]], [[Turkey]]

=== Surviving parts ===

*[[USS Higbee (DD-806)|USS ''Higbee'' (DD-806)]], in [[Naval Station Mayport|Naval Station Mayport Dental Clinic]], [[Florida]].
*[[USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786)|ROCS ''Kai Yang'' (DDG-924)]], in [[August 23 Artillery Battle Museum]], [[Taichung]], [[Taiwan]].
*[[USS Hawkins (DD-873)|ROCS ''Tze Yang'' (DDG-930)]], in [[Kaohsiung|Kaohsiung Harbor]], [[Taiwan]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Destroyer Photo Index DD-873 / DDR-873 USS HAWKINS|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/873.htm|access-date=2020-12-13|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
* [[USS Vogelgesang (DD-862)|''Quetzalcoatl'' (E-03)]], in [[Pacific Naval Force|Mexican Pacific Fleet headquarters]], [[Mexico]].

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Gearing class destroyers}}
*[http://www.navsource.org/archives/05idx.htm NavSource.org Destroyer Photo Gallery index page]
*[http://destroyerhistory.org/sumner-gearingclass/gearingclass/ ''Gearing''-class destroyers] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20090219202357/http://destroyerhistory.org/ Destroyer History Foundation]
*[http://www.gyrodynehelicopters.com/gearing_class.htm Gearing Class]

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