USN · DE
AfloatCannon-class destroyer escort, DE-196. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, at Port Newark, New Jersey, laid her down on 21 October 1943 and launched her on 9 January 1944. Commissioned on 12 February 1944. Lieutenant Partee W. Crouch was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Eniwetok.
| Class | Cannon class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-196 |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Port Newark, New Jersey |
| Launched | 1944-01-09 |
| Commissioned | 1944-02-12 |
| Fate | Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 17 July 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. |
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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 Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-84967. USS Rinehart (DE-196) underway off New York City (USA), 8 June 1945 (19-N-84967).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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