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Booth

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ClassCannon class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-170
BuilderFederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Port Newark, New Jersey
Launched1943-06-21
Commissioned1943-09-19
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 14 June 1946. Another navy received her 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.

Booth
U.S. Navy. USS Booth (DE-170) at Truk Lagoon on 27 October 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Booth, hull DE-170, belonged to the Cannon class of destroyer escorts. The name honors Ensign Robert Sinclair Booth. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, at Port Newark, New Jersey, laid her down on 30 January 1943 and launched her on 21 June 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 19 September 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Donald Whiley Todd.

Her Pacific duty took her to Eniwetok, the Marshall Islands, the Marianas, and Saipan.

Her commissioned service ended on 14 June 1946. Another navy received her later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.