USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853)
USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853) |
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| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Charles H. Roan |
| Laid down: | 2 April 1945 |
| Launched: | 15 March 1946 |
| Commissioned: | 12 September 1946 |
| Decommissioned: | 1973 |
| Struck: | 21 September 1973 |
| Homeport: | Newport, Rhode Island |
| Nickname: | The Jolly Cholly |
| Fate: | transferred to Turkey 1973 |
| Career (Turkey) | |
| Name: | TCG Mareşal Fevzi Çakmak (D 351) |
| Acquired: | 1973 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1995 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,425 tons |
| Length: | 390.5 ft (119.0 m) |
| Beam: | 41.1 ft (12.5 m) |
| Draught: | 18.5 ft (5.6 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knot (64.8 km/h) |
| Complement: | 367 |
| Armament: | 6 x 5 in/38 guns, 10 x 21 in torpedo tubes |
USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy. The ship was named after Charles Howard Roan, a Marine who lost his life in action on the island of Palau.
Roan was built by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Fore River Shipyard at Quincy, Massachusetts, launched on 15 March 1946, and commissioned on 12 September 1946.
From her home port at Newport, Rhode Island, Charles H. Roan operated through 1960 on training exercises along the east coast and in the Caribbean. Typifying the manifold missions of the destroyer, she trained with aircraft carriers, with submarines, in convoy escort exercises, and in amphibious operations. In addition, she gave service as part of the midshipman training squadron, as engineering school ship for Destroyer Force, Atlantic, and in North Atlantic Treaty Organization exercises.
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