GANTNER APD 42

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Buckley Class Type TE Destroyer Escort
Keel Laid December 31 1942 - Launched April 17 1943


1. USS GANTNER DE-60
   Commissioned July 23 1943
   
   
2. USS GANTNER APD-42
   Converted to High Speed Transport (APD) February 23 1945
   Decommissioned August 2 1949
   
   Struck from Naval Register January 15 1966
   
   
3. WEN SHAN PF-34 (Taiwanese Naval Service)
   Transferred to Taiwan February 22 1966 and renamed
   
   Stricken by Taiwan 1991
   Broken up 1992

 

Naval Covers

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1. Gantner Covers Page 1    (1944-46)

 

Postmarks

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POSTMARK TYPE	DATE FROM to DATE TO	THUMBNAIL LINK TO CLOSE-UP IMAGE	THUMBNAIL LINK TO FULL COVER IMAGE

 

Locy Type 2(n) (APD)

1946-05-06

As APD-42
 

Locy Type 2z*

1945-12-04

As APD-42
 

Locy Type 2# (Br. #15925)

1945-07-17

As APD-42

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - WWII Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - Boatswains Mate Samuel Merritt Gantner USN (December 24 1919 - December 7 1941)
Gantner was killed during the Pearl Harbor attack while serving as gun captain on USS NEVADA BB-36. Gantner was posthumously commended for distinguished devotion to duty and extraordinary courage

 

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