USN · DE
AfloatCannon-class destroyer escort, DE-743. Western Pipe and Steel Company, at San Pedro, California, laid her down on 10 April 1943 and launched her on 1 August 1943. Commissioned on 29 February 1944. Lieutenant Commander Charles Kenneth Hutchinson was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Majuro, the Marshall Islands, Saipan, and the Marianas. The Navy credited her with 9 battle stars.
| Class | Cannon class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-743 |
| Builder | Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California |
| Launched | 1943-08-01 |
| Commissioned | 1944-02-29 |
| Fate | Afloat. 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.
U.S. Navy. USS Lamons (DE-743), circa in 1943.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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