The USS Cannon (DE-99) |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Cannon class destroyer escort |
| Operators: | United States Navy Free French Naval Forces Brazilian Navy Hellenic Navy Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Philippine Navy Republic of China Navy Republic of Korea Navy Royal Thai Navy Marina Militare Peruvian Navy Uruguayan Navy |
| Preceded by: | Buckley class destroyer escort |
| Succeeded by: | Edsall class destroyer escort |
| Planned: | 116 |
| Completed: | 72 |
| Cancelled: | 44 |
| 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 (22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 15 officers 201 enlisted men |
| Armament: | 3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns (3×1) • 2 × 40 mm AA guns (1x2) • 8 × 20 mm AA guns (8×1) • 3 × 21 in. torpedo tubes (1×3) • 8 × depth charge projectors • 1 × depth charge projector (hedgehog) • 2 x depth charge tracks |
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. The class was also known as the DET type from their Diesel Electric Tandem drive.[1] Of the 116 ships ordered 44 were cancelled and 6 commissioned directly into the Free French Forces. Destroyer escorts were regular companions escorting the vulnerable cargo ships.
BRP Rajah Humabon (PF-11) of the Philippine Navy, formerly the USS Atherton (DE-169) remains as the only confirmed commissioned ship of this class as of 2010.
A total of 72 ships of the Cannon class were built.
During World War II, six ships of the class were earmarked for the Free French Naval Forces and a further eight were transferred the Brazilian Navy.
After the end of World War II the United States Navy transferred many ships of the Cannon class to other navies
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