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U.S.S. GANDY

(DE-764)


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DE-764 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAR1943-Keel Date: 1 MAR 1943
at Tampa Shipbuilding Company Tampa FL
DEC1943-Launch Date: 12 DEC 1943
FEB1944-Commissioned: 7 FEB 1944
FEB1944-Shellback Initiation - 7 FEB 1944 - Atlantic Ocean
JUN1946-Decommissioned: 17 JUN 1946

DE-764 General Specifications

Class: Cannon-class destroyer escort

Named for: Andrew Jackson Gandy

Complement: 15 Officers and 201 Enlisted

Displacement: 1240 tons

Length: 306 feet

Beam: 36 feet 10 inches

Flank Speed: 21 knots

Range: 10 800 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition:Transferred to Italy 10 January 1951