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USS Gantner (DE 60 / APD 42)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - P - C - P
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - WWII Victory Medal
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: Transferred to Taiwan 22 February 1966, Renamed Wen Shan (PF-34)
Stricken in Taiwan, 1991, broken up 1992
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Gantner 149k Gantner in an undated wartime photo (National Archives #BS68492) Nick Tiberio
Gantner 165k Gantner in an undated wartime photo (National Archives #BS68490) Nick Tiberio
Gantner 82k USS Gantner (DE 60), undated wartime photo (National Archives #BS68488) Nick Tiberio
View the USS Gantner (DE 60), DANFS history entry
located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
None
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