USN · DE
AfloatCannon-class destroyer escort, DE-748. Western Pipe and Steel Company, at San Pedro, California, laid her down on 23 June 1943 and launched her on 3 October 1943. Commissioned on 8 August 1944. Lieutenant Commander James Levan Brooks was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Eniwetok, the Marshall Islands, Ulithi, and Okinawa.
| Class | Cannon class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-748 |
| Builder | Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California |
| Launched | 1943-10-03 |
| Commissioned | 1944-08-08 |
| Fate | Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 14 June 1946. The Navy later expended her as a target. |
| 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. USS Tills (DE-748) underway in the Pacific Ocean, circa in November 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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