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
CHARLES H. ROAN (DD-853) Eskimo (early 60s) NBDP
