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DE- 326 USS THOMAS J. GARY

CLASS - Edsall
Displacement 1,250 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 36' x 10' 5" (Max)
Armament 3 x 3"/50, 2x 40mmAA, 10x 20mm AA, 3 x 21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's 2 DC racks.
Machinery, 6,000 SHP; 4 Fairbanks Morse Model 38d81/8 Geared Diesel Engines, 2 screws
Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 186.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel, Orange TX. on June 15 1943.
Launched August 21 1943.
Commissioned November 27 1943.
Decommissioned March 7 1947.
Reclassified and converted DER-326, November 1 1956.
Recommissioned August 2 1957.
Decommissioned September 22 1973.
Stricken September 30 1973.
Fate To Tunisia October 22 1973.
Renamed President Bourguiba.
Renamed Indakh.
Suffered a major enginroom fire on April 16 1992 and is no longer operational.
Now serves as Fleet headquarters and accommodation ship, berthed at Bizerte.

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Thomas J. Gary 186k Undated. USN / Gene Spinelli, ETR-2, USNR
Thomas J. Gary 152k Underway during the Cuban Blockade T. Mark Graham, in honor of his Dad, Ltjg Thomas Kent Graham
Thomas J. Gary 39k Sept - Dec 1966, Perseverance Harbor, Campbell Island, south of New Zealand. © Gene Spinelli, ETR-2, USNR
Thomas J. Gary 182k Underway. Otago Harbor, Dunedin, New Zealand. Sometime between Oct. 1965 and Feb. 1966 Gene Spinelli ETR2/USNR. From collection of Archie Cunningham RD2/USN.
Thomas J. Gary 23k ship's patch Mike Smolinski

USS THOMAS J. GARY DE- 326 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Ron Day
Address: 5608 County Rt. 10, Heuvelton, NY. 13654
Phone:Use e-mail
E-mail: ronday@northnet.org


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