HMS Gardiner K478
Returned to the U. S. Navy, at Boston on 12
February 1946. Scrapped in June 1947.
Ex-USS DE-274 O'Tool
Navy:
RN
Type:
Escort Destroyer
Class:
Captain
Pennant:
K 478
Built by:
Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts,
U.S.A.)
Laid down:
20 May, 1943
Launched:
8 Jul, 1943
Commissioned:
28 Sep, 1943
History:
Leased to Britain on 28 Sept, 1943.
