USS Thomas J. Gary

37°14′58″N 9°50′30″E / 37.2495407°N 9.8417601°E / 37.2495407; 9.8417601

History
United States
Name	Thomas J. Gary
Namesake	Thomas J. Gary
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation
Laid down	As Gary (DE-326) 15 June 1943
Launched	21 August 1943
Commissioned	27 November 1943
Decommissioned	22 October 1973
Stricken	22 October 1973
Fate	Transferred to Tunisia 22 October 1973
Tunisia
Name	President Bourgiba
Commissioned	22 October 1973
Fate	Fire on 16 April 1992, scrapped 1992-93
General characteristics
Class and type	Edsall-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,200 tons
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	36 ft 7 in (11.15 m)
Draft	12 ft 3 in (3.73 m)
Speed	21.2 kn (39.3 km/h; 24.4 mph)
Complement	216
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm) 6 × 40 mm 10 × 20 mm 2 × depth charge tracks 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors 1 × depth charge projector (Hedgehog type)

USS Thomas J. Gary (DE-326) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort. The ship was renamed Thomas J. Gary on 1 January 1945 to free the name for planned light cruiser USS Gary (CL-147).