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McClelland

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ClassCannon class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-750
BuilderWestern Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California
Launched1943-11-28
Commissioned1944-09-19
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 15 May 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.

McClelland
US Navy. USS McClelland (DE-750), undated wartime image.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

McClelland, hull DE-750, belonged to the Cannon class of destroyer escorts. The name honors Ensign Thomas Alfred McClelland. Western Pipe and Steel Company, at San Pedro, California, laid her down on 21 July 1943 and launched her on 28 November 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 19 September 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Glendon Dean Williams.

Her Pacific duty took her to Espiritu Santo, Okinawa, Saipan, and Eniwetok. She was credited with 3 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 15 May 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.