USN · DE
AfloatCannon-class destroyer escort, DE-746. Western Pipe and Steel Company, at San Pedro, California, laid her down on 5 May 1943 and launched her on 12 September 1943. Commissioned on 30 May 1944. Lieutenant Commander John R. Bodler was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Eniwetok, the Marshall Islands, and Okinawa.
| Class | Cannon class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-746 |
| Builder | Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California |
| Launched | 1943-09-12 |
| Commissioned | 1944-05-30 |
| Fate | Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 17 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 Hemminger (DE-746) underway at sea, circa in 1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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