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Gentry

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-349
BuilderConsolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Launched1944-02-15
Commissioned1944-06-14
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 2 July 1946. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns and one funnel, on a shorter hull.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Gentry
U.S. Navy. USS Gentry (DE-349) underway at sea on 15 October 1944 (80-G-260626).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Gentry, hull DE-349, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. The name honors Wayne Roy Gentry. Consolidated Steel Corporation, at Orange, Texas, laid her down on 13 December 1943 and launched her on 15 February 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 14 June 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander David A. Smith.

Her Pacific duty took her to Manus, the Admiralty Islands, New Guinea, and the Philippines.

Her commissioned service ended on 2 July 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.