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U.S.S. MCGINTY

(DE-365)

THE MIGHTY MCGOOCH

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DE-365 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAY1944-Keel Date: 3 MAY 1944
at Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX
AUG1944-Launch Date: 5 AUG 1944
SEP1944-Commissioned: 25 SEP 1944
MAR1951-MAR1951Recommisioning
OCT1951-MAY1952CorRon 11 Squadron command ship to Korea
JAN1954-JAN1957West Pac
APR1956-JUL1956West Pac
MAY1957-AUG1957Operation Redwing - Atomic Bomb Tests
MAY1957-AUG1957Middle Pacific
AUG1957-Shellback Initiation - 7 AUG 1957 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1961-JAN1962West Pac-Viet Nam
SEP1961-JUL1962West Pac
FEB1962-JUL1961West Pac-Viet Nam
NOV1965-Shellback Initiation - 7 NOV 1965 - Atlantic Ocean

DE-365 General Specifications

Class: John C. Butler-class destroyer escort

Named for: Franklin Alexander McGinty

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:Scrapped starting 1969