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Bangust

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ClassCannon class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-739
BuilderWestern Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California
Launched1943-06-06
Commissioned1943-10-30
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 17 November 1946. 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.

Bangust
U.S. Navy photo NH 79818. USS Bangust (DE-739) at anchor, circa in 1943 (NH 79818).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Bangust, hull DE-739, belonged to the Cannon class of destroyer escorts. Western Pipe and Steel Company, at San Pedro, California, laid her down on 11 February 1943 and launched her on 6 June 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 30 October 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Charles F. MacNish.

Her Pacific duty took her to Funafuti, the Gilbert Islands, Makin, and Tarawa.

Her commissioned service ended on 17 November 1946. Another navy received her later. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.