USS Gainard (DD-706), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was named for Joseph Gainard, who was awarded the Navy Cross for distinguished service while Master of American merchant steamer City of Flint during 1939. Gainard was laid down on 29 March 1944 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, in Kearney, New Jersey; launched on 17 September 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Joseph A. Gainard, widow of Captain Gainard; and commissioned at New York on 23 November 1944, with Commander Francis J. Foley in command.