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DE - 60 / APD- 42 USS GANTNER

CLASS: Buckley TYPE: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (std) 1,740 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 9" x 13' 6" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 x 1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 15 / 198

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Hingham, Hingham MA on 31 December 1942
Launched 17 April 1943, Commissioned 23 July 1943
Converted at New York NSY, Reclassified APD- 42, 23 February 1945
Decommissioned 2 August 1949, Stricken 15 January 1966
Fate: To Taiwan 22 February 1966, Renamed Wen Shan (PF-34)
Stricken (Taiwan) in 1991, Broken Up For Scrap 1992

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None Located
Contact Name: None
Address: None
Phone: None
E-mail: None


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Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
NavSource APD Pages, GANTNER

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