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Acree

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ClassCannon class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-167
BuilderFederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Port Newark, New Jersey
Launched1943-05-09
Commissioned1943-07-19
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 1 April 1946. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Diesel-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Acree
U.S. Navy. USS Acree (DE-167) underway at sea in 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Acree, hull DE-167, belonged to the Cannon class of destroyer escorts. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, at Port Newark, New Jersey, laid her down on 30 November 1942 and launched her on 9 May 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 19 July 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander William H. Siegmund.

Her Pacific duty took her to Espiritu Santo, the Marianas, Tinian, and Saipan.

Her commissioned service ended on 1 April 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.