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DE-60 / APD-42 Gantner

Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport: Laid down as a Buckley Class Destroyer Escort at Bethlehem Steel Co, Quincy MA; Launched, 17 April 1943; Commissioned USS Gantner (DE-60), 23 July 1943 at Boston Navy Yard, Boston MA.; Converted to a Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn NY; redesignated (APD-42), 23 February 1945; Decommissioned 2 August 1949 at San Diego Ca; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group; Struck from the Naval Register, 10 January 1966; Transferred to Taiwan, renamed Wen Shan (PF-34), hull number change to ( 834), 22 February 1966; Final Disposition, struck by Taiwan 1991, scrapped 1992.

Specifications: Displacement 1,400 t; Length 306' (oa); Beam 36' 10"; Draft 13' 6" (max); Speed 24 kts; Range 6,000 nautical miles at 12 kts; Complement 186; Troop Capacity 162; Boats 4 LCVP landing craft; Armament 1 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, 3 twin 40mm gun mounts, 8 single 20mm gun mounts, 2 depth charge tracks; Propulsion, 2 GE Turbines, (turbo-electric drive), 2 boilers 2 shafts, 12,000 Shaft horsepower.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
21k	-	Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
78k	date unknown	R Platt
62k	date unknown	R Platt

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DANFS history entry located on the Hazegray & Underway Web Site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Destroyer Escort Sailors Association

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