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USS Grady (DE 445)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - H - X - S

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 w/ 2 stars
Second Row: World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon w/ 1 star

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

Grady (DE 445) Building and Operational Data:

03 January 1944: Keel laid at the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newark, N.J.

02 April 1944: Launched and christened, sponsored by Miss Margaret Grady, sister of Pfc. George Francis Grady

11 September 1944: Commissioned at Pier "G", New York Navy Yard by Cmdr. H. W. Sasse, Lcdr Francis R. King in command

02 July 1946: Decommissioned at San Diego, Cal. after 1 year and 10 months of service

27 April 1947: Placed "in service, in reserve", assigned to NRT, 13th Naval District at Bellingham, Wash.

21 November 1950: Recommissioned, assigned to NRT, 12th Naval District at Naval Station Treasure Island, San Francisco, Cal.

18 December 1957: Decommissioned at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard, Hunters Point, San Francisco, Cal. after 10 years and 7 months of service; custody to CO, San Francisco Group, U. S. Pacific Reserve Fleet

30 June 1968: Struck from the NVR with a total of 12 years and 5 months of service

June 1969: Sold for scrapping

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0644502	78k	23 September 1944: New York Harbor - *Grady* (DE 445) underway to Deperming Station, Bayonne Terminal Dock, for deperming and degaussing after commissioning.	David Wright Geneva, N.Y. Manager, Navsource Destroyer Archive Yard / District Craft Archive
0644503	210k	Undated postwar image, showing *Grady, in company with Charles E. Brannon* (DE 446).	Nick Tiberio Shelton, Conn.
0644504	162k	date / location unknown (Photo © United Photo Studio)	Nick Tiberio Shelton, Conn.
0644505	436k	26 May 1954: Vallejo, Cal. - USS *Grady* (DE 445) in the Mare Island Channel. USS *Harry E. Hubbard* (DD 748) is to the left. I can't identify the YTL on *Grady*'s starboard side.	Darryl Baker PNCM, USNR (ret.) Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum
0644506	412k	27 July 1955: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - USS *Grady* (DE 445) preparing to moor at a city wharf. (Photograph by Walter E. Frost) (Photo #AM1506-S3-3-: CVA 447-4836 from the City of Vancouver Archives)	Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.

Grady Memorabilia
Shipyard Launch Button Courtesy of Tom Kermen	Ship's Lighters Courtesy of Nick Tiberio

Grady History
View the USS Grady (DE 445) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.

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

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 11 Sep. 1944 – 11 Dec. 1945	Lcdr. Francis R. King, USNR (Comm. CO)
2.) 11 Dec. 1945 – 02 Jul. 1946	Lt.(jg) Vincent de Paul Ryan, USNR (Decomm. CO)
6.) .. .... 1955 – 03 Dec. 1956	Lcdr. Allen Leason Steele, USN
7.) 03 Dec. 1956 – 18 Dec. 1957	Lcdr. Robert Gilmour Jr., USN (Decomm. CO) (Belfast, Ireland)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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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 Grady

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