| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Bristol |
| Pennant | DD 486 |
| Built by | Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 31 Jul 1941 |
| Launched | 20 Feb 1942 |
| Commissioned | 29 Apr 1942 |
| End service | 2 May 1946 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 2 May 1946. Stricken 15 August 1949. Transferred to Turkey on 10 June 1949 being renamed Gaziantep. Gaziantep was stricken and scraped in 1973. |
Commands listed for USS Lansdowne (DD 486)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. William Renwick Smedberg III, USN | 29 Apr 1942 | ??? | |
| 2 | Francis Joseph Foley, USN | ??? | ??? | |
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Noteable events involving Lansdowne include:
13 Jul 1942
The German submarine U-153 was sunk near Colon (Panama), in position 09º46'N, 81º29'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer USS Lansdowne. (see map)