DD 608 Gansevoort (United States Ganzevurt Ship ) is an American Benson type destroyer .
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Laid down at the shipyard Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco June 16, 1941 . Serial number: 5371. Launched on April 11, 1942 , entered service on August 25, 1942 . Put in reserve on February 1, 1946 . Expelled from the U.S. Navy on July 1, 1971 . March 23, 1972 sunk as a target by aircraft and artillery fire off the coast of Florida .