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Gunason

Class	Buckley class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-795
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Launched	1943-10-16
Commissioned	1944-02-01
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 13 March 1948. The Navy later expended her as a target.
Armament (class)	Turbo-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
Command	White, Harrison G. Commanding officer from 1 February 1944

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.

Gunason, hull DE-795, belonged to the Buckley class of destroyer escorts. The name honors Lieutenant Robert W. Gunason. Consolidated Steel Corporation, at Orange, Texas, laid her down on 9 August 1943 and launched her on 16 October 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 1 February 1944. Her first commanding officer was Commander Harrison G. White.

Her Pacific duty took her to Manus, Leyte, the Philippines, and Hollandia.

Her commissioned service ended on 13 March 1948. The Navy later expended her as a target.

The pictures on this page are the originals.