USN · DE
AfloatCannon-class destroyer escort, DE-747. Western Pipe and Steel Company, at San Pedro, California, laid her down on 9 June 1943 and launched her on 26 September 1943. Commissioned on 30 June 1944. Lieutenant Commander William Alva McMahan was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around the Marshall Islands, Eniwetok, and Saipan. The Navy credited her with 1 battle star.
| Class | Cannon class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-747 |
| Builder | Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California |
| Launched | 1943-09-26 |
| Commissioned | 1944-06-30 |
| Fate | Afloat. 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.
U.S. Navy. USS Bright (DE-747) in Puget Sound, Washington (USA), circa in 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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