USS Gantner

History
United States
NameUSS Gantner (DE-60)
NamesakeSamuel Merritt Gantner
Ordered1942
BuilderBethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down31 December 1942
Launched17 April 1943
Commissioned23 July 1943
ReclassifiedAPD-42, 23 February 1945
Decommissioned2 August 1949
Stricken15 January 1966
FateTransferred to the Republic of China, 22 February 1966
History
Taiwan
NameROCS Wen Shan (DE-34)
Acquired22 February 1966
ReclassifiedPF-34
ReclassifiedPF-834
Stricken1991
FateBroken up, 1992
General characteristics
Class & typeBuckley-class destroyer escort
Displacement
  • 1,400 long tons (1,422 t) light
  • 1,740 long tons (1,768 t) standard
Length306 ft (93 m)
Beam37 ft (11 m)
Draft
  • 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) standard
  • 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) full load
Propulsion
  • 2 × boilers
  • General Electric turbo-electric drive
  • 12,000 shp (8.9 MW)
  • 2 × solid manganese-bronze 3,600 lb (1,600 kg) 3-bladed propellers, 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) diameter, 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) pitch
  • 2 × rudders
  • 359 tons fuel oil
Speed23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Range
  • 3,700 nmi (6,900 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
  • 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement15 officers, 198 men
Armament

USS Gantner (DE-60/APD-42), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Boatswain's Mate Samuel Merritt Gantner (1919-1941), who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands.

Gantner was launched on 17 April 1943 by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, sponsored by Mrs. Samuel M. Gantner, widow of Boatswain's Mate Gantner; commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 23 July 1943.

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