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 . 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, FL, 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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D 345; D 345; DD-886; DD-886; TCG Yücetepe
destroyer, museum ship, Gearing-class destroyer, United States Navy, Consolidated Steel Corporation, Turkish Naval Forces, United States, 

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ship decommissioning

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ship commissioning

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ship launching

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keel laying

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1777 Battle of Thomas Creek

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1862 Battle of the Brick Church

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1862 Battle of Saint John's Bluff

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1864 Battle of Cedar Creek

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USS Philippine Sea (CVS-47) refuels the destroyer USS Orleck (DD-886) in the Pacific Ocean, in May 1957 (NNAM.1996.488.114.056)

USS Orleck (DD-886) underway in heavy seas, in the 1950s

USS Orleck (DD-886) underway c1956

USS Perkins (DDR-877) leading other ships of the U.S. Destroyer Division Eleven, circa 1954 (NH 99521)

USS Kawishiwi (AO-146) refueling Floyd B. Parks (DD-884) and Orleck (DD-886), in the late 1950s (USN 1039817)

USS Orleck (DD-886) in the Pacific 1956

USS Orleck (DD-886) underway on 16 April 1959

USS Orleck (DD-886) off the San Francisco Naval Shipyard on 16 April 1959

USS Orleck (DD-886) underway off Point Loma, in 1964

USS Orleck (DD-886) in South China Sea during WESTPAC cruise, July 1965.

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1777	Battle of Thomas Creek	United States, Kingdom of Great Britain, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1862	Battle of the Brick Church	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1862	Battle of Saint John's Bluff	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1864	Battle of Cedar Creek	battle	Wikidata
site	artillery battery	1783	Batería San Nicolás (Jacksonville)	coastal battery, fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1953	Fort Caroline	National Memorial of the United States, National Park Service, fort, historic district	Wikidata
site	museum		USS Orleck	Turkish Naval Forces, museum ship, destroyer, United States Navy	Wikidata
commons	image		USS Philippine Sea (CVS-47) refuels the destroyer USS Orleck (DD-886) in the Pacific Ocean, in May 1957 (NNAM.1996.488.114.056)		Commons
commons	image		USS Orleck (DD-886) underway in heavy seas, in the 1950s		Commons
commons	image		USS Orleck (DD-886) underway c1956		Commons
commons	image		USS Perkins (DDR-877) leading other ships of the U.S. Destroyer Division Eleven, circa 1954 (NH 99521)		Commons
commons	image		USS Kawishiwi (AO-146) refueling Floyd B. Parks (DD-884) and Orleck (DD-886), in the late 1950s (USN 1039817)		Commons
commons	image		USS Orleck (DD-886) in the Pacific 1956		Commons
commons	image		USS Orleck (DD-886) underway on 16 April 1959		Commons
commons	image		USS Orleck (DD-886) off the San Francisco Naval Shipyard on 16 April 1959		Commons
commons	image		USS Orleck (DD-886) underway off Point Loma, in 1964		Commons
commons	image		USS Orleck (DD-886) in South China Sea during WESTPAC cruise, July 1965.		Commons