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McGinty

Class	John C. Butler class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-365
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Launched	1944-08-05
Commissioned	1944-09-25
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 23 September 1968. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)	Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns and one funnel, on a shorter hull.
Command	Harrison, William Henry Commanding officer from 25 September 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.

McGinty, hull DE-365, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Consolidated Steel Corporation, at Orange, Texas, laid her down on 3 May 1944 and launched her on 5 August 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 25 September 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander William Henry Harrison.

Her Pacific duty took her to Eniwetok, Guam, Ulithi, and Saipan. She was credited with 3 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 23 September 1968. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.