USS Forrest Royal (DD-872) [SEP] vessel class
USS Forrest Royal (DD-872)
USS "Forrest Royal" (DD-872) was a United States Navy constructed following the end of World War II. The ship saw service in the Korean War and the Vietnam War before being sold to Turkey in 1971. The ship was renamed TCG "Adatepe" and remained in service until being scrapped in 1993.
"Forrest Royal", named for Rear Admiral Forrest Beton Royal USN (1893–1945), was laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at Staten Island, New York on
USS "Donner" (LSD-20)
- USS "Ray" (SS-271)
- USS "Cavalla" (SS-244)
- 26 June 1959, USS "Lake St. Louis" reviewed by the President and by Queen Elizabeth II, which included USS "Forrest Royal" (DD-872) and USS "Forrest Sherman" (DD-931)
Post-war to present Gerald Ford.
- 1976, New York Harbor – International Naval Review for United States Bicentennial, which included USS "Forrestal" (CV-59) as