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Gearing-class destroyer and USS McCaffery (DD-860)

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Difference between Gearing-class destroyer and USS McCaffery (DD-860)

Gearing-class destroyer vs. USS McCaffery (DD-860)

The Gearing class was a series of 98 destroyers built for the U.S. Navy during and shortly after World War II. USS McCaffery (DD/DDE-860) was a, named for Lieutenant Colonel Joseph P. McCaffery, USMC, (1906–1943) killed in action at Bougainville on 1 November 1943 and posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.

Similarities between Gearing-class destroyer and USS McCaffery (DD-860)

Gearing-class destroyer and USS McCaffery (DD-860) have 9 things in common (in Unionpedia): Bethlehem Steel, Bofors 40 mm gun, Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization, Naval gunfire support, Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, San Pedro, Los Angeles, Torpedo tube, Vietnam War, 5"/38 caliber gun.

Bethlehem Steel

The Bethlehem Steel Corporation (commonly called Bethlehem Steel) was a steel and shipbuilding company that began operations in 1904 and was America's second-largest steel producer and largest shipbuilder.

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Bofors 40 mm gun

--> The Bofors 40 mm gun, often referred to simply as the Bofors gun, is an anti-aircraft/multi-purpose autocannon designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors.

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Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization

The Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) program of the United States Navy extended the lives of World War II-era destroyers by shifting their mission from a surface attack role to that of a submarine hunter.

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Naval gunfire support

Naval gunfire support (NGFS) (also known as shore bombardment) is the use of naval artillery to provide fire support for amphibious assault and other troops operating within their range.

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Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

and --> The Oerlikon 20 mm cannon is a series of autocannons, based on an original German 20 mm Becker design that appeared very early in World War I. It was widely produced by Oerlikon Contraves and others, with various models employed by both Allied and Axis forces during World War II, and many versions still in use today.

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San Pedro, Los Angeles

San Pedro is a community within the city of Los Angeles, California.

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Torpedo tube

A torpedo tube is a cylinder shaped device for launching torpedoes.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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5"/38 caliber gun

The Mark 12 5"/38 caliber gun was a United States naval gun.

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Gearing-class destroyer and USS McCaffery (DD-860) Comparison

Gearing-class destroyer has 175 relations, while USS McCaffery (DD-860) has 24. As they have in common 9, the Jaccard index is 4.52% = 9 / (175 + 24).

References

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