USS Richard P. Leary
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USS Richard P. Leary underway in April 1944
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United States | |
Name | Richard P. Leary |
Namesake | Richard Phillips Leary |
Builder | Boston Navy Yard |
Laid down | 4 July 1943 |
Launched | 6 October 1943 |
Commissioned | 23 February 1944 |
Decommissioned | 10 December 1946 |
Stricken | 18 March 1974 |
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Japan | |
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Namesake | Yūgure (1934) |
Sponsored by | Mrs. George K. Crozer III |
Acquired | 10 March 1959 |
Commissioned | 1960 |
Decommissioned | 9 March 1974 |
Stricken | 18 March 1974 |
Identification | Hull number: DD-184 |
Fate | Returned to US, 10 March 1974 |
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Displacement | 2,050 long tons (2,083 t) |
Length | 376 ft 5 in (114.73 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 7 in (12.07 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) |
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Speed | 35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
Complement | 329 |
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6 battle stars |
USS Richard P. Leary (DD-664) was a
Namesake
Richard Phillips Leary was born on 3 November 1842 in Baltimore, Maryland. He entered the United States Naval Academy in 1860. During the American Civil War, he served on the screw sloop USS Canandaigua and the monitor USS Sangamon assigned to the Atlantic blockade.
During tension with Germany over Samoa, Leary commanded USS Adams at Samoa from October to December 1888. In the Spanish–American War, he commanded the USS San Francisco off Havana, Cuba. From 1899 into 1900, Captain Leary served as Naval Governor of Guam. Retiring in 1901, Rear Admiral Leary died on 27 December at Chelsea, Massachusetts.
Construction and career
Richard P. Leary was
Following shakedown off
During the Lingayen Gulf campaign, Richard P. Leary on 6 January, during a suicide attack, she severely damaged an incoming Nakajima J1N "Irving" fighter, which managed to graze the forward 5-inch gun mounts before crashing—the only damage of the war. Later that day, she also shot down a Nakajima B6N “Jill” and rendered fire-support for the landings on 9 January.
The Leary again supplied gunfire support for the
Upon completion of duties at
Designated for inactivation after her return, Richard P. Leary decommissioned 10 December 1946, and was assigned to the
Service in the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force
Richard P. Leary, along with her sister ship, USS Heywood L. Edwards (DD-663), was transferred 10 March 1959 to Japan, where she served in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as JDS Yūgure (DD-184) ("Autumn Twilight").
The ship was returned to U.S. custody on 10 March 1974, stricken from the U.S. Naval Vessel Register on 18 March, and sold for scrap on 1 July 1976.
Richard P. Leary received six
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.