Cannon class destroyer escort
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Cannon class destroyer escort |
| Operators: |  United States Navy Free French Naval Forces Brazilian Navy Hellenic Navy Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Philippine Navy Royal Thai Navy Marina Militare Peruvian Navy |
| Preceded by: | Buckley class destroyer escort |
| Succeeded by: | Edsall class destroyer escort |
| Completed: | 72 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer Escort |
| Displacement: | 1,240 tons standard 1,620 tons full load |
| Length: | 93.3 metres (306.1 ft) |
| Beam: | 11 metres (36.1 ft) |
| Draft: | 3.5 metres (11.5 ft) full load |
| Propulsion: | 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive 4.5 MW (6000 shp), 2 screws |
| Speed: | 21 knots |
| Range: | 10,800 nmi at 12 knots |
| Complement: | 15 officers 201 enlisted men |
| Armament: | 3×3"/50 (3x1) 2×40mm (1x2) 8×20mm (8x1) 3×21" torpedo tubes (1x3) 2×depth charge tracks 8 x depth charge projectors 1×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 Greece
- USS Eldridge (DE-173) - as Leon II; served 1951-1992
- USS Slater (DE-766) - as Aetos II; served 1951-1991
- USS Ebert (DE-768) - as Ierax II; served 1951-1991
- USS Garfield Thomas (DE-193) - as Panthir II; served 1951-1992
[edit] Transferred to Italy
- USS Wesson (DE-184) - as F-592 Andromeda.1951; scrapped in 1972
- USS Thornhill (DE-195) - as F-590 Aldebaran.1951; scrapped in 1976
- USS Gandy (DE-764) - as F-591 Altair.1951; stricken and sunk as target in 1971
[edit] Transferred to Japan
- USS Amick (DE-168) - as Asahi (DE-262) 1955-75 (then to Philippines)
- USS Atherton (DE-169) - as Hatsuhi (DE-263) 1955-75 (then to Philippines)
[edit] Transferred to the Netherlands
- USS Burrows (DE-105) - as F806 Van Amstel.1950
- USS Rinehart (DE-196) - as F807 Bitter.1950
- USS Gustafson (DE-182) - as F808 Van Ewijck.1950
- USS O'Neill (DE-188) - as F809 Dubois.1950
- USS Eisner (DE-192) - as F810 Zeeuw.1950
- USS Stern (DE-187) - as F811 van Zijll.1950
[edit] Transferred to Peru
- Bangust - as BAP Castilla 1951-1979
- Waterman - as BAP Aguirre 1951-1974
- Weaver - as BAP Rodríguez (1951-1979)
[edit] Transferred to the Philippines
- USS Amick (DE-168) - as BRP Datu Sikatuna; scrapped in 1989
- USS Atherton (DE-169) - as BRP Rajah Humabon; still in service
- USS Booth (DE-170) - as BRP Datu Kalantiaw; sunk during a typhoon in 1981
[edit] Transferred to Thailand
- USS Hemminger (DE-746) - as HTMS Pin Klao (413)
[edit] Other notables
- USS Slater (DE-766) - only destroyer escort remaining afloat in the United States
[edit] Resources
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