USS Beatty (DD-640)
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uss-beatty-dd-640-316-10804568
title:
USS Beatty (DD-640)
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USS Beatty (DD-640), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Frank E. Beatty. Beatty was laid down as Mullany on 1 May 1941 at the Charleston Navy Yard. The name "Beatty" was originally assigned to a destroyer scheduled to be built in San Francisco, but the names of Mullany (DD-528) and DD-640 were switched on 28 May 1941 to accommodate Mrs. Charles H. Drayton, the daughter of the late Rear Admiral, who had asked that the ship honoring
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Gleaves-class destroyer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Beatty_(DD-640)
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2022-11-07T15:31:16Z
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