USS Gantner

USS Gantner was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named after Samuel Merritt Gantner. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts laid her keel on 31 December 1942. Launched on 17 April 1943, she entered service on 23 July 1943.

98 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Evarts-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Cannon-class destroyer escort.

Displacement was 1,740 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.3 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 23 knots, and she carried a complement of 213. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She served with the United States Navy as USS Gantner (DE-60) until 2 August 1949. She was in commission for 772 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 2 August 1949. She was struck from the register on 15 January 1966.

She was broken up for scrap in 1992.

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