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DE- 365 USS McGINTY

Class: John C. Butler Type:WGT (geared-turbine drive, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,350/1745 tons Dimensions: 306' (oa) x 36' 10" x 13'4" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38, 4 (2x2) 40mmAA, 10-20mm AA, 3-21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's, 2 DC tracks
Machinery: 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 6000 nm@12 knots Crew: 14 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel, Orange TX on 3 May 1944
Launched 5 August 1944, Commissioned 25 September 1944
Decommissioned 15 January 1947, Recommissioned 28 March 1951
Decommissioned 19 September 1959, placed "In Service" as a unit of the Select Reserve ASW Force
Assigned to NRT, 13th Naval District at Portland OR, September 1959
Recommissioned 2 October 1961 for the Berlin Crisis, Decommissioned and placed "in service" 1 August 1962
Resumed NRT duties Portland OR 1 August 1962
Placed "Out of Service" 23 September 1968, Stricken 23 September 1968

Fate: sold for scrapping 27 October 1969

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name:David W. Bogner
Address:1415 N.E. Arrington Road / Hillsboro OR 97124-2614
Phone:none
E-mail: wa7ees@gte.net


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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