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Swearer

Class	Cannon class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-186
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Port Newark, New Jersey
Launched	1943-10-31
Commissioned	1943-11-24
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 25 February 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	Hannan, Kenneth H. Commanding officer from 24 November 1943

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.

Swearer, hull DE-186, belonged to the Cannon class of destroyer escorts. The name honors Lt. Walter John Swearer. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, at Port Newark, New Jersey, laid her down on 12 August 1943 and launched her on 31 October 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 24 November 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Kenneth H. Hannan.

Her Pacific duty took her to Eniwetok, Kwajalein, Ulithi, and Palau. She was credited with 9 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 25 February 1946. Another navy received her later. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.