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U.S.S. GANTNER

(APD-42)


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APD-42 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
DEC1942-Keel Date: 31 DEC 1942
at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Quincy MA
APR1943-Launch Date: 17 APR 1943
JUL1943-Commissioned: 23 JUL 1943
NOV1944-JAN1945West Pac
NOV1947-FEB1948Alaska
AUG1949-Decommissioned: 2 AUG 1949

APD-42 General Specifications

Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort

Named for: Samuel Merritt Gantner

Complement: 15 Officers and 198 Enlisted

Displacement: 1400 tons

Length: 306 feet

Beam: 37 feet

Flank Speed: 23 knots

Range: 3 700 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition:Transferred to the Republic of China 22 February 1966