DE-764 USS Gandy
Cannon Class Destroyer Escort:
Displacement: 1525 tons
Length: 308'
Beam: 36'8"
Draft: 11'8"
Speed: 21 knots
Armament: 3 3"/50, 3x3 21" torpedo tubes, 1x2 40mm, 8 20mm,
1 hedgehog, 2 depth charge tracks, 8 "K" gun projectors
Complement: 15 officers, 201 enlisted
Diesel-electric engines with tandem-motor drive, 6,000 h.p.
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DE- 764 USS GANDY
Operational and Building Data:
Laid down by Tampa Shipbuilding, Tampa FL on 1 March 1943.
Launched 12 December 1943
Commissioned 7 February 1944
Decommissioned 17 June 1946
Stricken 26 March 1951
Fate: To Italy 10 January 1951, renamed Altair (F.591)Stricken and sunk as target in 1971.