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DE - 20 USS LEHARDY

CLASS - Evarts
Displacement 1,140 Tons, Dimensions, 289' 5" (oa) x 35' 2" x 11' (Max)
Armament 3 x 3"/50, 4 x 1.1" AA, 9 x 20 mmAA, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT, 2racks.
Machinery, 6,000 BHP; 4 GM Model 16-278A Diesel Engines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed, 21.5 Knots, Range 6,000 NM @ 12 Knts. Crew 156.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Mare Island Navy Yard 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 and broken up in 1947

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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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(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

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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