Editing Gearing-class destroyer (section)

== 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 DASH was withdrawn from ASW service in 1969, due to poor reliability.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>