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USS Orleck

Orange, Italy

USS Orleck

USS Orleck (DD-886), is a Gearing-class destroyer that was in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1982. In October 1982, she was sold to Turkey and renamed Yücetepe (D 345). After her final decommissioning, the Turkish government transferred Yücetepe to the Southeast Texas War Memorial

and Heritage Foundation at Orange, Texas, where she was berthed as a museum ship. The Orleck Foundation then decided to move the ship to the Calcasieu River in Lake Charles, Louisiana. On 26 March 2022, she arrived in Jacksonville, Florida, where she served as a naval museum on the downtown riverfront until 3 April 2023, when she docked at her permanent home at the Shipyards West.

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