Please Report Any Broken Links Or Trouble You Might Come Across To The Webmaster
Please Take A Moment To Let Us Know So That We Can Correct Any Problems And Make Your Visit As Enjoyable And As Informative As Possible.

Navsource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive

USS Gentry (DE 349)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - J - T - C

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Second Row: European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon

Specifications:
Class: John C. Butler
Type: WGT (geared-turbine drive, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1350 tons (light), 1745 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 11' 0" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 "D" Express boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 kts
Range: 6,000 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 2 - 5"/38 cal. DP guns (2x1), 4 - 40mm AA (2x2), 10 - 20mm AA, 3 - 21" TT, 1 Mk10 Hedgehog, 8 Mk6 Depth Charge Projectors, 2 Mk9 Depth Charge Stern Racks
Complement: 14 / 201

Gentry (DE 349) Building and Operational Data:

13 December 1943: Keel laid at the Consolidated Steel Co., Orange, Tex.

15 February 1944: Launched and christened, sponsored by Miss Jean Maxine Gentry, sister of 2/Lt. Wayne R. Gentry, USMCR

14 June 1944: Commissioned, Lcdr D. A. Smith in command

02 July 1946: Decommissioned at San Diego, Cal. after 2 years and 18 days of service

15 January 1972: Struck from the NVR

15 January 1973: Sold for scrapping to the National Metal & Steel Corp., Terminal Island, Cal.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
48k	Undated Wartime Image	Jay Berkshire son of TM1c John E. Berkshire, Gentry plankowner
275k	15 October 1944: USS *Gentry* (DE 349) as seen from USS Solomons (CVE-67). At this time, the Gentry was assigned convoy-escort voyages out of New York to Marseilles, France, and Oran, Algeria. The Gentry is wearing MS32/14D camouflage scheme. (U.S. Navy Photo #80-G-260626 from the United States National Archives)	Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.
311k	1973: Vallejo, Cal. - 4 DE's (left to right: ex-*Gentry* DE 349, ex-*Kendall C. Campbell* DE 443, ex-*Hanna* DE 449, ex-*Richard W. Seusens* DE 342), all heading to the scrap yard. (Photo from the DOD sealed bid offering dated 14 November 1973)	Ed Zajkowski and Tim Rizzuto

Gentry History
View the USS Gentry (DE 349) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS Gentry as submitted by the ship at war's end.

Gentry's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 14 Jun. 1944 - 07 Jun. 1945	Lcdr. David A. Smith, USNR (Comm. CO)
2.) 07 Jul. 1945 - 20 Feb. 1946	Lcdr. Monroe Kelly, Jr., USN
3.) 20 Feb. 1946 - 02 Jul. 1946	Lt. John C. Golden, USNR (Decomm. CO)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact: Jay Snowden Berkshire
E-mail: J. Berkshire

Note About Contacts

Contact information is compiled from various sources over a period of time and may, or may not, be correct. Every effort has been
made to list the newest contact. However, our entry is only as good as the latest information that's been sent to us. We list only
a contact for the ship if one has been sent to us. We do NOT have crew lists, rosters, or deck logs available. Please see the
Frequently Asked Questions section on NavSource's Main Page for that information.

Additional Resources

Tin Can Sailors
The U.S. Navy Memorial
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
The Destroyer Escort Historical Museum
The Destroyer History Foundation
Tin Can Sailors Shipmate Registry - USS Gentry

To The DE, FF, LCS Photo Index Page

Back To The Main Photo Index

Comments, Suggestions, E-mail: Webmaster.

This Page Created And Maintained By Mike Smolinski
All pages copyright Navsource Naval History