USS Eversole (DD-789)
USS Eversole (DD-789) after FRAM II upgrade in the 1960s.
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 United States
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| Name: | Eversole |
| Namesake: | John T. Eversole |
| Builder: | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington |
| Laid down: | 28 February 1945 |
| Launched: | 8 January 1946 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. S. R. Eversole, mother of Lt. (j.g.) Eversole |
| Commissioned: | 10 May 1946 |
| Decommissioned: | 11 July 1973 |
| Struck: | 21 September 1973 |
| Honors and awards: |
7 battle stars (Korea) |
| Fate: | Transferred to Turkey, 11 July 1973 |
 Turkey
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| Name: | TCG Gayret (D-352) |
| Acquired: | 11 July 1973 |
| Struck: | 1995 |
| Fate: | Museum ship at İzmit, Turkey |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Gearing-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 3,460 long tons (3,516 t) full |
| Length: | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
| Beam: | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
| Draft: | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
| Propulsion: | Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range: | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement: | 336 |
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USS Eversole (DD-789) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for Lieutenant (junior grade) John T. Eversole (1915–1942), a naval aviator who was killed in the Battle of Midway.
Eversole was launched on 8 January 1946 at the Tacoma Washington shipyard of Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Seattle, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. S. R. Eversole, mother of Lt. (j.g.) Eversole; and commissioned on 10 May 1946, Commander B. P. Ross in command. The Eversole was one of the final three ships built in Tacoma by Todd-Pacific before closure of the Tacoma yard.
Eversole arrived at San Diego, Calif., her home port, on 6 October 1946, and in the years prior to the Korean War, twice sailed to the Far East for duty with the 7th Fleet, patrolling off China and Japan. She sailed from San Diego on 1 May 1950 for another such tour, and thus was in the Orient upon the opening of the war. Until 8 February 1951, when she returned to San Diego, she screened the fast carrier task forces as they launched air strikes against North Korean targets.
During her second tour of duty in the Korean War, from 27 August 1951 to 10 April 1952, Eversole bombarded Hŭngnam, Wonsan, and other points along the east coast of Korea, and served in the Blockading and Escort Force, with ships of the navies of Great Britain, Canada, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, and the Republic of Korea. From 17 November 1952 to 29 June 1953, she served a similar tour of duty. Eversole received seven battle stars for her Korean War service.
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