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Wingfield

Class	Cannon class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-194
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Port Newark, New Jersey
Launched	1943-12-30
Commissioned	1944-01-28
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 26 August 1947. 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	Purdy, Howard E. Commanding officer from 28 January 1944

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.

Wingfield, hull DE-194, belonged to the Cannon class of destroyer escorts. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, at Port Newark, New Jersey, laid her down on 7 October 1943 and launched her on 30 December 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 28 January 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Howard E. Purdy.

Her Pacific duty took her to Eniwetok and the Marshall Islands.

Her commissioned service ended on 26 August 1947. Another navy received her later. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.