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Courtesy of Mike Smolinski

Courtesy of Mike Smolinski

USS McGinty (DE-365)

Class: John C. Butler Type:WGT (geared-turbine drive, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,350/1745 tons Dimensions: 306' (oa) x 36' 10" x 13'4" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38, 4 (2x2) 40mmAA, 10-20mm AA, 3-21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's, 2 DC tracks
Machinery: 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 6000 nm@12 knots Crew: 14 / 201

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Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel, Orange TX on 3 May 1944
Launched 5 August 1944, Commissioned 25 September 1944
Decommissioned 15 January 1947, Recommissioned 28 March 1951
Decommissioned 19 September 1959, placed "In Service" as a unit of the Select Reserve ASW Force
Assigned to NRT, 13th Naval District at Portland OR, September 1959
Recommissioned 2 October 1961 for the Berlin Crisis, Decommissioned and placed "in service" 1 August 1962
Resumed NRT duties Portland OR 1 August 1962
Placed "Out of Service" 23 September 1968, Stricken 23 September 1968

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Fate: sold for scrapping 27 October 1969

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
	34kb	undated (1950's)		USN
	31kb	undated (1950's)		USN

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View the USS McGinty (DE-365), DANFS history entry
located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

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Contact Name:David W. Bogner
Address:1415 N.E. Arrington Road / Hillsboro OR 97124-2614
Phone:none
E-mail: wa7ees@gte.net

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