USS Damato (DD-871)

USS Damato (DD-871) was a Gearing-class destroyer commissioned by the United States Navy in 1946. Initially serving in the immediate post-World War II era, she participated in numerous Atlantic and Mediterranean deployments, supporting NATO operations and undertaking Cold War patrols. Damato saw action during the Korean War, providing gunfire support and screening aircraft carriers. She was modernized under the FRAM I program in the 1960s, extending her service into the Vietnam War before being decommissioned in 1970 and later transferred to the Pakistan Navy.