We present the molecular gas properties in the merging pair of galaxies NGC 3256 as observed with ALMA in CO J=2-1 at a resolution of ∼0.2” (43 pc). NGC 3256 is the closest luminous infrared galaxy at 44 Mpc with a bolometric luminosity of 4 x 10 11 Lsun making it an ideal target for a giant molecular cloud (GMC) scale study of a massive starburst system. In addition to enhanced star formation, this sys- tem boasts additional extreme environments such as outflows and possible inflows which can contribute to variations in GMC dynamics. We present both a “blind” pixel-by-pixel characterization of the gas kinematics and density as well as a giant molecular cloud catalogue with derived sizes, line widths, and luminosities. We compare these to the molecular gas properties in both “normal” disk galaxies and other starbursting galaxies