USS Kenneth D. Bailey
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For the cancelled destroyer escort, see USS Kenneth D. Bailey (DE-552).
USS Kenneth D. Bailey (DD-713/DDR-713) was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Kenneth D. Bailey. The name Kenneth D. Bailey was originally assigned to the destroyer escort USS Kenneth D. Bailey (DE-552) on 30 November 1943; DE-552 was cancelled on 10 June 1944, and the name was reassigned to DD-713 on 8 July 1944.
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Name | USS Kenneth D. Bailey |
Namesake | Major Kenneth D. Bailey (1910-1942), a U.S. Marine Corps officer and Medal of Honor recipient |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey |
Launched | 17 June 1945 |
Commissioned | 31 July 1945 |
Decommissioned | 20 January 1970 |
Reclassified | DDR-713 (Radar Picket Destroyer), 9 April 1953 |
Stricken | 1 February 1974 |
Fate | Sold to Iran, 13 January 1975, to be broken up for spare parts |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,425 long tons (2,464 t) |
Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
Beam | 41 ft 1 in (12.52 m) |
Draft | 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
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Kenneth D. Bailey was launched on 17 June 1945 by Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey; sponsored by Elizabeth Speissegger Bailey, widow of Major Bailey; and commissioned on 31 July 1945.