USN · DE
AfloatCannon-class destroyer escort, DE-170. 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. Commissioned on 19 September 1943. Lieutenant Commander Donald Whiley Todd was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Eniwetok, the Marshall Islands, the Marianas, and Saipan.
| Class | Cannon class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-170 |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Port Newark, New Jersey |
| Launched | 1943-06-21 |
| Commissioned | 1943-09-19 |
| Fate | Afloat. 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.
U.S. Navy. USS Booth (DE-170) at Truk Lagoon on 27 October 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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