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DE - 20 USS LEHARDY

CLASS:Evarts TYPE:GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,140 (std), 1,430 tons (full) Dimensions: 289' 5" (oa), 283' 6" (wl) x 35' 0" x 11' 0" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 x 1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 9 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 1 Hedgehog Projector
Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 19 knots Range: 4,150 nm @ 12 knots Crew:15 / 183

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Mare Island NSY on 15 April 1942, Launched on 21 November 1942
Commissioned 15 May 1943, Decommissioned 25 October 1945
Stricken 13 November 1945
Fate: sold 26 December 1946 to National Metal & Steel Corp., Terminal Island CA

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LeHardy 94k 5 April 1945 Jody Gibian-Miles
daughter of crewmember
Sanford N. Gibian
LeHardy 102k 5 April 1945 Jody Gibian-Miles
daughter of crewmember
Sanford N. Gibian

USS LEHARDY DE- 20 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.


Additional Resources
DE-20 USS LEHARDY (History Submitted By Contributor's)
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association

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