Pacific ships

Photos and the story

Riddle

Back to Riddle

ClassCannon class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-185
BuilderFederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Port Newark, New Jersey
Launched1943-10-17
Commissioned1943-11-17
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 8 June 1946. Another navy received her later. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Diesel-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
Command

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.

Riddle
U.S. Navy. USS Riddle (DE-185) underway in the South Pacific on 16 December 1944 (80-G-419688).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Riddle, hull DE-185, belonged to the Cannon class of destroyer escorts. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, at Port Newark, New Jersey, laid her down on 29 July 1943 and launched her on 17 October 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 17 November 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Roland Hans Cramer.

Her Pacific duty took her to Kwajalein, Majuro, Manus, and the Marianas. She was credited with 12 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 8 June 1946. Another navy received her later. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.