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Cronin

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ClassBuckley class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-704
BuilderDefoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Launched1944-01-05
Commissioned1944-05-05
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 31 May 1946. The Navy later expended her as a target.
Armament (class)Turbo-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.

Cronin
U.S. Navy. USS Cronin (DE-704) underway at sea, circa in 1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Cronin, hull DE-704, belonged to the Buckley class of destroyer escorts. Defoe Shipbuilding Company, at Bay City, Michigan, laid her down on 19 October 1943 and launched her on 5 January 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 5 May 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Almon G. Cooke.

Her Pacific duty took her to the Philippines and Leyte.

Her commissioned service ended on 31 May 1946. The Navy later expended her as a target.

The pictures on this page are the originals.