USS Forrest Royal
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USS Forrest Royal (DD-872) was a United States Navy Gearing-class destroyer constructed following the end of World War II. The ship saw service in the Korean War and the Vietnam War before being sold to Turkey in 1971. The ship was renamed TCG Adatepe and remained in service until being scrapped in 1993.
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USS Forrest Royal in April 1967 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Forrest Royal |
Namesake | Forrest Beton Royal |
Builder | Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York |
Laid down | 8 June 1945 |
Launched | 17 January 1946 |
Commissioned | 29 June 1946 |
Decommissioned | 27 March 1971 |
Stricken | 1973 |
Identification | DD-872 |
Motto | Praemunitas Praemonitas (Forewarned is Forearmed) |
Fate | Sold to the Turkish Navy for $153,000 in 1971. |
Turkey | |
Name | Adatepe |
Acquired | 1971 |
Commissioned | 17 December 1971 |
Decommissioned | 6 August 1993 |
Identification | D 353 |
Fate | Scrapped 1994 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
Displacement | 3,460 tons (full) |
Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.0 m) (overall) |
Beam | 40.1 ft (12.2 m) |
Draft | 14.4 ft (4.4 m) (max) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
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Forrest Royal, named for Rear Admiral Forrest Beton Royal USN (1893–1945), was laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at Staten Island, New York on 8 June 1945. The ship was launched on 17 January 1946 by Miss Katherine K. Royal, the daughter of Admiral Royal and commissioned on 29 June 1946.
Forrest Royal operated with the 7th Fleet in support of United Nations Forces during the Korean War then alternated operations along the east coast and in the Caribbean with the 2nd Fleet with deployments to the Mediterranean with the 6th Fleet.