USN · DE
AfloatCannon-class destroyer escort, DE-169. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, at Port Newark, New Jersey, laid her down on 14 January 1943 and launched her on 27 May 1943. Commissioned on 29 August 1943. Lieutenant Commander Paul Louis Mansell Jr. was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around the Marianas and Saipan. The Navy credited her with 1 battle star.
| Class | Cannon class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-169 |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Port Newark, New Jersey |
| Launched | 1943-05-27 |
| Commissioned | 1943-08-29 |
| Fate | Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 10 December 1945. Another navy received her later. 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.
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