USS Gantner
DE 60 (Buckley Class)

Builder:        Bethlehem, Hingham
Laid Down:      December 31, 1942
Launched:       August 17, 1943
Commissioned:   July 23, 1943
Decommissioned: 
Fate:           Converted to APD43 February 23, 1945

We are seeking information on the USS Gantner and her crews. Files and photos may be emailed to us and we will incorporate them into this page.

The Buckley Class as Constructed

Displacement:  1,432 tons
Length:        306 feet
Beam:          37 feet
Draught:       11 feet 3 inches
Machinery:     two Foster-Wheeler, Babcock & Wilcox
               or Combustion Engineering boilers; 
               2-shaft G.E.C. turbines
Performance:   12,000 shp for 23 knots
Bunkerage:     340 tons
Range:         5,000 nautical miles at 15 knots
Guns:          three 3 inch; four 1.1 inch; eight 20 mm
Torpedoes:     three 21 inch

Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:54:16 -0400
From: Fran Whiteman [email protected]
Subject: Information

Hello,
I found your information about the USS Edmonds. I am trying to find a contact with someone about the USS Gantner. My father was on that ship and has never been contacted about any reunions or information. I realize you are not the person, but I would appreciate any sites or webpages where I might get more information, or even leave my email address as a point of contact.

Thanks in advance,
Fran Whiteman

From: Bill Robertson
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 1999 5:22 PM
To:        [email protected]
Subject: De Gatner

Brad:

I was working at the Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard in Hingham Massachusetts
when the Gatner was built. No doubt there are many parts in her that I
machined. I ended up volunteering for Aviation Cadet pilot training with
the Army Air Corps, in June 43, and was disharged as an A/C in November 45.

I noticed an inquiry in the beginning of the DELloyd requesting info on
the Gatner

Bill Robertson Retired
Stoughton, MA
rrobbie@mediaone,net