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DE - 18 USS GILMORE

CLASS - Evarts
Displacement 1,140 Tons, Dimensions, 289' 5" (oa) x 35' 2" x 11' (Max)
Armament 3 x 3"/50, 1-Twin 40mmAA, 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 April 1 1942.
Launched on October 22 1942.
Commissioned April 17 1943.
Decommissioned December 29 1945.
Stricken January 21 1946.
Fate Sold February 1 1947 and broke up for scrap.

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Gilmore 57k Alaska, Undated Roy Byrum / USN
Gilmore 173k Mare Island, Undated USN

USS GILMORE DE- 18 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Next Reunion: April 30 - May 4, 2003. San Antonio, TX

Contact Name: Roland Major
Address: 6239 Monita Street. Long Beach, CA. 90803-2125
Phone:(562) 430-9391
E-mail:rmajor696@charter.net

Contact Name: Bill Glover
Address: 1929 SW 16th Pl. Deerfield Beach. FL 33442-8026
Phone: 954-571-5157
E-mail:None Listed


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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