Allied Warships

USS Gherardi (DD 637)

Destroyer of the Bristol class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Bristol
Pennant	DD 637
Built by	Philadelphia Navy Yard (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
Ordered	16 Dec 1940
Laid down	16 Sep 1941
Launched	12 Feb 1942
Commissioned	15 Sep 1942
End service	17 Dec 1955
History	Converted to High Speed Minesweeper DMS-30 on 15 November 1944. Reverted back to DD-637 on 15 July 1955. Decommissioned 17 December 1955. Stricken 1 June 1971. Sunk as a target off the coast of Puerto Rico 3 June 1973.

Commands listed for USS Gherardi (DD 637)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. John William Schmidt, USN	15 Sep 1942	4 Dec 1943 (1)
2	Lt.Cdr. Neale Roland Curtin, USN	4 Dec 1943	9 Dec 1944 (1)
3	LCdr William Wade Gentry, USN	9 Dec 1944	(1)

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Notable events involving Gherardi include:

16 Dec 1943
HMS Spirit (Lt. A.W. Langridge, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with USS Butler (T/Cdr. M.D. Matthews, USN), USS Doran (T/Cdr. N.E. Smith, USN) and USS Gherardi (T/Cdr. N.R. Curtin, USN). (2)