Our Ship - USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853)


Gearing Class Destroyer

Length overall: 390’ 6"
Length between perpendiculars: 383’ 0"
Extreme Beam: 40’ 10"
Limiting draft: 14’ 4"

Standard Displacement: 2,425 tons
Full Load Displacement: 3,479 tons

Fuel capacity: 4,647 barrels

Armament
Six 5"/38 caliber guns
Two 40mm twin anti-aircraft mounts
Two 40mm quadruple anti-aircraft mounts
Two 21" quintuple torpedo tubes

Complement
20 Officers
325 Enlisted

Propulsion
4 Boilers
2 General Electric Turbines: 60,000 horsepower

CHARLES H. ROAN (DD-853) Success
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