| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Cannon |
| Pennant | DE 764 |
| Built by | Tampa Shipbuilding Co. Inc. (Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 1 Mar 1943 |
| Launched | 12 Dec 1943 |
| Commissioned | 7 Feb 1944 |
| End service | 17 Jun 1946 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 17 June 1946. Stricken 26 March 1951. Transferred to Italy 10 January 1951 being renamed Altair. Altair was stricken and broken up in 1971. |
Commands listed for USS Gandy (DE 764)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. W. A. Sessions, USN | 7 Feb 1944 | ??? |
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Noteable events involving Gandy include:
16 Apr 1944
The German submarine U-550 was sunk in the North Atlantic east of New York, in position 40º09'N, 69º44'W, by depth charges and gunfire from the US destroyer escorts USS Gandy, USS Joyce and USS Peterson.
Some two hours after the attack USS Joyce and USS Peterson together pick up 56 survivors from the American tanker Pan Pennsylvania that was the first and only ship sunk by U-550. (see map)