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DE- 193 USS GARFIELD THOMAS

CLASS: Cannon TYPE: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,240 tons (std) 1,620 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 11' 8" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 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: 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 knots Range: 10,800 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 15 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Federal Shipbuilding, Port Newark NJ on 23 September 1943
Launched 12 December 1943, Commissioned 24 January 1944
Decommissioned 27 March 1947, Stricken 26 March 1951
Fate: To Greece 15 January 1951, renamed Panthir (D-67)
stricken in 1992
(Reported to be laid up in Souda Bay Crete as of 1-98)

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Garfield Thomas 150k undated wartime photo Tony Vrailas
Reeves 30k USS Eldridge (DE-173) and USS Garfield Thomas (DE-193). Ceremony at the Boston Naval Shipyard, Massachusetts, transferring the ships to the Royal Hellenic Navy. The transfer, which was made under the provisions of the U.S. Mutual Defense Assistance Program, took place on 15 January 1951. The ships served in the Greek Navy as, respectively, Leon and Panthir. U.S. Department of State - O'Donnell.
Garfield Thomas 97k HNS Panthir (D-67), late 1960's Tony Vrailas
Garfield Thomas 131k HNS Panthir (D-67), late 1960's Tony Vrailas
Garfield Thomas 97k Greek DEs Ierax (D-31) (ex-Ebert DE-768) and Panthir (D-67) (ex-Garfield Thomas DE-193). Taken at Barcelona, Spain, on 18 August 1979 Fabio Pena
Garfield Thomas 61k laid up at Souda Bay Crete 1995 Tony Vrailas
Garfield Thomas 157k laid up at Souda Bay Crete 1995 Tony Vrailas

USS GARFIELD THOMAS DE- 193 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

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


Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


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