USS Garfield Thomas (DE 193)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer Escort
Class	Cannon
Pennant	DE 193
Built by	Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.)
Ordered	18 Jan 1942
Laid down	23 Sep 1943
Launched	12 Dec 1943
Commissioned	24 Jan 1944
End service	27 Mar 1947
History	Decommissioned 27 March 1947. Stricken by the U.S.N. 26 March 1951. Transferred to Greece 15 January 1951 being renamed Panthir (D-67). Panthir was stricken in 1992.

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	Commander	From	To
1	Richard Gordon Werner, USN	24 Jan 1944	Apr 1945
2	Lt. Edwin DeClifford Duryea, Jr., USNR	Apr 1945	24 Jul 1945
3	Joseph Ross Filling, USNR	24 Jul 1945	23 Nov 1945

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