Editing Gearing-class destroyer (section)

{{Short description|Class of American destroyers}}
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{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = USS Gearing (DD-710) in the Mediterranean Sea in 1960.jpg
| Ship caption = USS ''Gearing'', 1960
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{{Infobox ship class overview
| Name = ''Gearing'' class
| Builders = *[[Bath Iron Works]], ME (30)
*[[Consolidated Steel Corporation|Consolidated Steel]], TX (27)
*Bethlehem
**[[Bethlehem Staten Island|Staten Island]], NY (11)
**[[Fore River Shipyard|Fore River]], MA (4)
**[[Bethlehem Shipbuilding San Pedro|San Pedro]], CA (4)
**[[Union Iron Works|San Francisco]], CA (3)
*[[Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company|Federal Shipbuilding]], NJ (10)
*[[Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation|Todd Pacific Seattle]], WA (9)
| 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 = 
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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.