USS Gyatt (DD-712)

History
United States
Name:	USS Gyatt
Builder:	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey
Laid down:	7 September 1944
Launched:	15 April 1945
Commissioned:	2 July 1945
Decommissioned:	1969
Reclassified:	DDG-712, 1 December 1956 DDG-1, 23 May 1957 DD-712, 1 October 1962
Struck:	22 October 1969
Nickname(s):	Semper Primus ("Always First")
Fate:	Sunk as a target, 11 June 1970
General characteristics
Class and type:	Gearing-class destroyer
Displacement:	2,425 long tons (2,464 t)
Length:	390 ft 6 in (119.02 m)
Beam:	41 ft 4 in (12.60 m)
Draft:	14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Speed:	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement:	336
Armament:	As DD-712 : 3 × twin 5"/L38 (127 mm) dual purpose guns 4 × quad 40 mm/L60 Bofors AA guns 10 × twin 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns 1 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 × depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks As DDG-1 : 2 × twin 5"/L38 (127 mm) dual purpose guns 2 × twin 3"/L50 (76 mm) AA guns 1 × twin arm Terrier AA missile launcher 2 × triple 12.75 in (324 mm) anti-submarine torpedo tubes

USS Gyatt (DD-712/DDG-1), was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy, named for U.S. Marine Corps Private Edward E. Gyatt. Private Gyatt was a member of the Marine Raiders in the Battle of Guadalcanal. As part of the advance force, he held his post until killed by an enemy grenade.

Gyatt was built by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Kearny, New Jersey and sponsored by Mrs. Hilda Morrell, Private Gyatt's mother, who was a member of the gold star mothers.

After shakedown in the Caribbean, Gyatt reported to Norfolk, Virginia for a variety of duties along the East Coast. In addition to local operations and training exercises, she participated in training operations with aircraft carriers in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Departing Norfolk on 24 January 1947, Gyatt sailed south to represent the United States at the inauguration of the new Uruguayan President Berres at Montevideo from 27 February 1947 to 6 March 1947. Before returning to Norfolk on 21 March 1947, she made goodwill visits to Rio de Janeiro and Port of Spain, Trinidad.

Gyatt sailed 20 November 1947 to deploy with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean and returned to Norfolk on 2 March 1948. She participated in six subsequent deployments to Northern Europe and the Mediterranean. Other operations took her north from Norfolk to Nova Scotia and Iceland and south into the Caribbean Sea.

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