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DD-706 USS GAINARD


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NHEU

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - RAZORBACK

CLASS - ALLEN M. SUMNER As Built.
Displacement 3218 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 376' 6"(oa) x 40' 10" x 14' 2" (Max)
Armament 6 x 5"/38AA (3x2), 12 x 40mm AA, 11 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 36.5 Knots, Range 3300 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 336.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny NJ. March 29 1944.
Launched September 17 1944 and commissioned November 23 1944.
Decommissioned February 26 1971.
Stricken February 26 1971.
Fate Sold March 26 1974 and broken up for scrap.
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Gainard 133kUSS Compton (DD-705) and USS Gainard (DD-706) just before launching at Federal Shipbuilding in Kearny, NJ March 28 1944.Steve Golden
Gainard 81kThe destroyers USS Compton (DD-705), USS Purvis (DD-709), USS Dickson (DD-708) and the USS Gainard (DD-706) behind the USS Yosemite (AD-19). Circa mid 1950's, location unknown.William T. Bullard
Gainard 58kAtlantic, March 1966© Richard Leonhardt
Gainard 51kAtlantic, March 1967© Richard Leonhardt
Gainard 42kAtlantic, March 1967© Richard Leonhardt
Gainard 67kAtlantic, March 1967© Richard Leonhardt
Gainard 70kAtlantic, March 1967. Alongside AO-39 Kankakee.© Richard Leonhardt
Gainard 82kNewport RI., March 1967. In Between DD-842 Fiske And DD-858 Fred T. Berry.© Richard Leonhardt
Gainard 60kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
Gainard 39kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
USS GAINARD DD-706 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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