USS Mc Ginty (DE-365)

USS Mc Ginty (DE-365)

The USS McGinty (DE-365) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort. She was named for Sonarman Third Class Franklin Alexander McGinty, who was killed aboard the gunboat USS Plymouth on 5 August 1943. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism without regard for his own safety.

McGinty was laid down by the Consolidated Steel Corporation of Orange, Texas on 3 May 1944. She was launched on 5 August 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Perrillah Atkinson Malone; and commissioned at Orange on 25 September 1944, with Lieutenant Commander William H. Harrison in command.