Pacific ships
USS Thomas J. Gary (DE-326)

USN · DE

Afloat

Edsall-class destroyer escort, DE-326. Brown Shipbuilding, at Houston, Texas, laid her down on 15 June 1943 and launched her on 21 August 1943. Commissioned on 27 November 1943. Lieutenant Commander William Henry Harrison was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Eniwetok and Guam.

ClassEdsall class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-326
BuilderBrown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Launched1943-08-21
Commissioned1943-11-27
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 7 March 1947. Another navy received her later.
Armament (class)Diesel destroyer escort with reduction gears. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
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.

U.S. Navy. USS Thomas J. Gary (DER-326) underway c1960.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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