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U.S.S. GENTRY
(DE-349)Click to view crew list
DE-349 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEC | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 13 DEC 1943 at Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX | ||
| FEB | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 15 FEB 1944 | ||
| JUN | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 14 JUN 1944 | ||
| JUL | 1944 | - | AUG | 1944 | Bermuda BWI shakedown and training. |
| OCT | 1944 | - | OCT | 1944 | Convoy escort from New York City to Marseilles France. |
| OCT | 1944 | - | NOV | 1944 | Convoy Escort from Oran North Africa to New York. |
| NOV | 1944 | - | DEC | 1944 | Escort Fast Troop Convoy from New York to Marseilles France |
| DEC | 1944 | - | DEC | 1944 | Oran North Africa to New York escort fast troop convoy. |
| DEC | 1944 | - | DEC | 1944 | Oran North Africa dry dock to repair damaged screw. |
| JAN | 1945 | - | JAN | 1945 | Escort two US subs from New London Conn. to Key West Fla. |
| JAN | 1945 | - | FEB | 1945 | Key West transit Panama Canal to Galapagos Is to Bora Bora. |
| JAN | 1945 | - | Shellback Initiation - 23 JAN 1945 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| FEB | 1945 | - | MAR | 1945 | Tulagi enroute to Manus Admiralti Is. |
| FEB | 1945 | - | MAR | 1945 | Manus enroute to Leyte Philippine Islands. |
| FEB | 1945 | - | FEB | 1945 | Bora Bora Society Is. enroute to Tulagi Solomon Is. |
| MAR | 1945 | - | JUN | 1945 | Escort various convoys Philippines New Guinea Palau and Ulith |
| MAR | 1945 | - | Shellback Initiation - 3 MAR 1945 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JUL | 1945 | - | AUG | 1945 | Convoy escort Okinawa to Leyte PI. Then on to New Guinea. |
| JUL | 1945 | - | JUL | 1945 | Lingayen to Okinawa escort one ammunition ship. |
| JUL | 1945 | - | JUL | 1945 | Manila change of command. LtCdr. M. Kelly Jr./ LtCdr. D.A.Smith |
| JUL | 1945 | - | JUL | 1945 | Manila PI convoy escort to Lingayen Gulf and back. |
| JUL | 1945 | - | JUL | 1945 | Took up position in picket line Okinawa and rode out a typhoon |
| AUG | 1945 | - | SEP | 1945 | Convoy escorts Hollandia Leyte Manila Okinawa and back. |
| SEP | 1945 | - | SEP | 1945 | Arrive Leyte VJ Day Japan Surrenders. |
| OCT | 1945 | - | NOV | 1945 | Air-Sea Rescue Patrol north of Leyte. |
| DEC | 1945 | - | DEC | 1945 | Arrived Los Angeles USA. |
| APR | 1946 | - | APR | 1946 | Towed to San Diego to be decommissioned and placed in reserve. |
| JUL | 1946 | - | Decommissioned: 2 JUL 1946 | ||
| JAN | 1972 | - | JAN | 1973 | Stricken from the Navy Register and sold for scrapping. |
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