USN · DE
AfloatCannon-class destroyer escort, DE-768. Tampa Shipbuilding Company, at Tampa, Florida, laid her down on 1 April 1943 and launched her on 11 May 1944. Commissioned on 12 July 1944. Lieutenant Commander Frederic Gibbs was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Eniwetok and the Philippines.
| Class | Cannon class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-768 |
| Builder | Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Tampa, Florida |
| Launched | 1944-05-11 |
| Commissioned | 1944-07-12 |
| Fate | Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 14 June 1946. The Navy later expended her as a target. 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 photo 80-G-301384. USS Ebert (DE-768) underway in the North Atlantic on 3 January 1945 (80-G-301384).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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