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USS Gandy (DE-764)
USS ''Gandy'' (DE-764) was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.
She was named in honor of Seaman Second Class Andrew Jackson Gandy who gallantly gave his life on board heavy cruiser in a heroic gunnery action against Japanese torpedo planes during the Battle of Guadalcanal, 12–13 November 1942. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.
Gandy was launched on 12 December 1943 by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Tampa, Florida; sponsored by Miss Ruby Gandy, sister of Seaman Gandy; and commissioned at Tampa on 7 February 1944, Lt. Comdr W. A. Sessions in command.
== World War II North Atlantic operations==
''Gandy'', following shakedown training in Bermuda waters, joined Escort Division 22 at New York. After escorting to Norfolk, Virginia, she departed New York on 15 April 1944 as part of the escort for fast tanker Convoy CU-21 bound for Northern Ireland. The second day of the voyage at 0806, on 16 April, torpedoed and sank tanker . During recovery of survivors by , ''Gandy'' and at 0950, ''Joyce'' made sound contact with the U-boat and delivered a depth charge attack. When ''U-550'' surfaced about on ''Gandy's'' starboard bow, Comdr. Sessions ordered "Right full rudder, come to 320, open fire and stand by to ram."
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