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Bright

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ClassCannon class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-747
BuilderWestern Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California
Launched1943-09-26
Commissioned1944-06-30
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 19 April 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.

Bright
U.S. Navy. USS Bright (DE-747) in Puget Sound, Washington (USA), circa in 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Bright, hull DE-747, belonged to the Cannon class of destroyer escorts. Western Pipe and Steel Company, at San Pedro, California, laid her down on 9 June 1943 and launched her on 26 September 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 30 June 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander William Alva McMahan.

Her Pacific duty took her to the Marshall Islands, Eniwetok, and Saipan. She was credited with 1 battle star.

Her commissioned service ended on 19 April 1946. Another navy received her later. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.