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Kyne

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ClassCannon class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-744
BuilderWestern Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California
Launched1943-08-15
Commissioned1944-04-04
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 14 June 1946. 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.

Kyne
U.S. Navy. USS Kyne (DE-744) underway in the Pacific Ocean, in June 1945 (80-G-379052).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Kyne, hull DE-744, belonged to the Cannon class of destroyer escorts. The name honors Elden Francis Kyne. Western Pipe and Steel Company, at San Pedro, California, laid her down on 16 April 1943 and launched her on 15 August 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 4 April 1944. Her first commanding officer was Commander Alexander Jackson Jr.

Her Pacific duty took her to Palau, Ulithi, Luzon, and the Philippines. She was credited with 6 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 14 June 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.