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Snyder

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ClassCannon class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-745
BuilderWestern Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California
Launched1943-08-29
Commissioned1944-05-05
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 5 May 1960. 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.

Snyder
U.S. Navy. USS Snyder (DE-745) underway off the coast of California (USA) on 16 May 1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Snyder, hull DE-745, belonged to the Cannon class of destroyer escorts. Western Pipe and Steel Company, at San Pedro, California, laid her down on 28 April 1943 and launched her on 29 August 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 5 May 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Elmer Moore.

Her Pacific duty took her to Eniwetok, Manus, Saipan, and Kwajalein. She was credited with 1 battle star.

Her commissioned service ended on 5 May 1960. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.