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USS GENTRY
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DE-349 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| DEC | 1943 | Keel Date: 13 DEC 1943 at Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX |
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| FEB | 1944 | Launch Date: 15 FEB 1944 | |||
| JUN | 1944 | Commissioned: 14 JUN 1944 | |||
| MAR | 1945 | - | - | - | Shellback Initiation - 3 MAR 1945 - Pacific Ocean |
| JUL | 1946 | Decommissioned: 2 JUL 1946 | |||
DE-349 General Specifications
Class: John C. Butler-class destroyer escort
Named for: Wayne Roy Gentry
Complement: 14 Officers and 201 Enlisted
Displacement: 1350 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 36 feet 8 inches
Flank Speed: 24 knots
Range: 6 000 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sold for scrapping 15 January 1973
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