Specifications
USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853)
Gearing-class destroyer · Commissioned September 12, 1946 · Decommissioned 1973
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 390′ 6″
- Length between perpendiculars
- 383′ 0″
- Extreme beam
- 40′ 10″
- Limiting draft
- 14′ 4″
Displacement
- Standard
- 2,425 tons
- Full load
- 3,479 tons
- Fuel capacity
- 4,647 barrels
Armament
- 5″/38 caliber guns
- Six
- 40 mm twin AA mounts
- Two
- 40 mm quadruple AA mounts
- Two
- 21″ quintuple torpedo tubes
- Two
Complement
- Officers
- 20
- Enlisted
- 325
Propulsion
- Boilers
- 4
- General Electric turbines
- 2
- Horsepower
- 60,000
Originally hull DD-815 was slated to be designated USS Charles H. Roan, but construction was cancelled August 12, 1945. DD-853 was launched March 15, 1946 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, MA, sponsored by Mrs. Lillabel Roan.