Cannon class destroyer escort
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| Cannon class destroyer escort | |
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| Class Overview | |
| Displacement: | 1,240 tons standard 1,620 tons full load |
| Length: | 93.27 m (306 ft) |
| Beam: | 11 m (36ft 10in) |
| Draft: | 3.5 m (11ft 8in) full load |
| Propulsion: | 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive 4.5 MW (6000 shp), 2 screws |
| Max Speed: | 40km/h (21 knots) |
| Range: | 20000km (10,800 nautical miles) at 20km/h (12 knots) |
| Complement: | 15 officers 201 enlisted men |
| Armament: | 3 x 7.62/50 (3x1) 2 x 40mm (1x2) 8 x 20mm (8x1) 3 x 21" torpedo tubes (1x3) 2 x depth charge tracks 8 x depth charge projectors 1 x hedge hog |
The Cannon class destroyer escorts were built primarily for ocean Anti-Submarine Warfare escort service during World War II. The lead ship, USS Cannon (DE-99) was commissioned on 26 September 1943 at Wilmington, Delaware. Destroyer escorts were regular companions escorting the vulnerable cargo ships.
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[edit] Hull Numbers
A total of 72 ships of the Cannon class were built.
- DE-99 through DE-113 (6 are French)
- DE-162 through DE-197
- DE-739 through DE-750
- DE-763 through DE-771
[edit] Notable Ships of class
[edit] Free French Ships
- Sénégalais - USS Corbesier (DE-106)
- Algérien - USS Cronin (DE-107)
- Tunisien - USS Corsley (DE-108)
- Marocain - USS Marocain (DE-109)
- Hova - USS Hova (DE-110)
- Somali - USS Somali (DE-111)
[edit] Transferred to Brazil
- USS Alger (DE-101) - as Babitonga
- USS Cannon (DE-99) - as Baependi
- USS Christopher (DE-100) - as Benevente
- USS Herzog (DE-178) - as Beberibe
- USS Marts (DE-174) - as Bocaina
- USS McAnn (DE-179) - as Bracui
- USS Pennewill (DE-175) - as Bertioga
- USS Reybold (DE-177) - as Bauru
[edit] Transferred to the Philippines
- USS Amick (DE-168) - as Datu Siratuna; scrapped in 1989
- USS Atherton (DE-169) - as Rajah Humabon; still in service
- USS Booth (DE-170) - as Datu Kalantiaw; sunk during a typhoon in 1981
[edit] Transferred to Greece
- USS Eldridge (DE-173) - as Leon; scrapped in 2000
[edit] Other notables
- USS Slater (DE-766) - only destroyer escort remaining afloat in the United States
[edit] Resources
| Cannon-class destroyer escort |
| United States Navy |
| Cannon | Christopher | Alger | Thomas | Bostwick | Breeman | Burrows | Cronin | Carter | Clarence L. Evans | Levy | McConnell | Osterhaus | Parks | Baron | Acree | Amick | Atherton | Booth | Carroll | Cooner | Eldridge | Marts | Pennewill | Micka | Reybold | Herzog | McAnn | Trumpeter | Straub | Gustafson | Samuel S. Miles | Wesson | Riddle | Swearer | Stern | O'Neill | Bronstein | Baker | Coffman | Eisner | Garfield Thomas | Wingfield | Thornhill | Rinehart | Roche | Bangust | Waterman | Weaver | Hilbert | Lamons | Kyne | Snyder | Hemminger | Bright | Tills | Roberts | McClelland | Cates | Gandy | Earl K. Olsen | Slater | Oswald | Ebert | Neal A. Scott | Muir | Sutton |
| Free French Navy |
| Algérien | Sénégalais | Somali | Hova | Marocain | Tunisien |
List of destroyer escorts of the United States Navy |
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