Cannon-class destroyer escort | |
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The USS Cannon (DE-99) | |
Class overview | |
Name: | Cannon class destroyer escort |
Operators: |
United States Navy Free French Naval Forces Brazilian Navy Hellenic Navy Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Philippine Navy Republic of China Navy Republic of Korea Navy Royal Thai Navy Marina Militare Peruvian Navy Uruguayan Navy |
Preceded by: | Buckley class destroyer escort |
Succeeded by: | Edsall class destroyer escort |
Planned: | 116 |
Completed: | 72 |
Cancelled: | 44 |
Preserved: | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Destroyer Escort |
Displacement: |
1,240 tons standard 1,620 tons full load |
Length: | 93.3 metres (306.1 ft) |
Beam: | 11 metres (36.1 ft) |
Draft: | 3.5 metres (11.5 ft) full load |
Propulsion: |
4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive 4.5 MW (6000 shp), 2 screws |
Speed: | 21 knots |
Range: | 10,800 nmi at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
Complement: |
15 officers 201 enlisted men |
Armament: |
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The Cannon class destroyer escorts were built by the United States primarily for ocean anti-submarine warfare escort service during World War II. The lead ship, USS Cannon (DE-99) was commissioned on 26 September 1943 at Wilmington, Delaware. Of the 116 ships ordered 44 were canceled and six commissioned directly into the Free French Forces. Destroyer escorts were regular companions escorting the vulnerable cargo ships.
The class was also known as the DET type from their Diesel Electric Tandem drive.[1] The DET's substitution for a turbo-electric propulsion plant was the primary difference with the predecessor Buckley ("TE") class.[2] The DET was in turn replaced with a direct drive diesel plant to yield the design of the successor Edsall ("FMR") class.[3]
BRP Rajah Humabon (PF-11) of the Philippine Navy, formerly the USS Atherton (DE-169), remains as the only confirmed commissioned ship of this class as of 2013.
Hull numbers[]
A total of 72 ships of the Cannon class were built.
- DE-99 through DE-113 (six are French)
- DE-162 through DE-197
- DE-739 through DE-750
- DE-763 through DE-771
Wartime transfers[]
During World War II, six ships of the class were earmarked for the Free French Naval Forces and a further eight were transferred the Brazilian Navy.
Free French Ships[]
- USS Corbesier (DE-106) as Sénégalais
- USS Cronin (DE-107) as Algérien
- USS Crosley (DE-108) as Tunisien
- USS Marocain (DE-109) as Marocain
- USS Hova (DE-110) as Hova
- USS Somali (DE-111) as Somali
Transferred to Brazil[]
- USS Alger (DE-101) as Babitonga
- USS Cannon (DE-99) as Baependi
- USS Christopher (DE-100) as Benevente
- USS Herzog (DE-178) as Beberibe
- USS Marts (DE-174) as Bocaina
- USS McAnn (DE-179) as Bauru
- USS Pennewill (DE-175) as Bertioga
- USS Reybold (DE-177) as Bracui
Postwar dispersal[]
After the end of World War II the United States Navy transferred many ships of the Cannon class to other navies
Transferred to Uruguay[]
- USS Baron (DE-166) as Uruguay (DE-1); served 1952–1990
- USS Bronstein (DE-189) as Artigas (DE-2); served 1952–1988
Transferred to Greece[]
- USS Eldridge (DE-173) as Leon II; served 1951–1992
- USS Slater (DE-766) as Aetos II; served 1951–1991
- USS Ebert (DE-768) as Ierax II; served 1951–1991
- USS Garfield Thomas (DE-193) as Panthir II; served 1951–1992
Transferred to Italy[]
- USS Wesson (DE-184) as Andromeda (F-592) 1951; scrapped in 1972
- USS Thornhill (DE-195) as Aldebaran (F-590) 1951; scrapped in 1976
- USS Gandy (DE-764) as Altair (F-591) 1951; stricken and sunk as target in 1971
Transferred to Japan[]
- USS Amick (DE-168) as Asahi (DE-262) 1955–75 (then to Philippines)
- USS Atherton (DE-169) as Hatsuhi (DE-263) 1955–75 (then to Philippines)
Transferred to the Netherlands[]
- USS Burrows (DE-105) as Van Amstel (F806) 1950
- USS Rinehart (DE-196) as Bitter (F807) 1950
- USS Gustafson (DE-182) as Van Ewijck (F808) 1950
- USS O'Neill (DE-188) as Dubois (F809) 1950
- USS Eisner (DE-192) as Zeeuw (F810) 1950
- USS Stern (DE-187) as van Zijll (F811) 1950
Transferred to Peru[]
- USS Bangust (DE-739) as BAP Castilla; served 1951–1979
- USS Waterman (DE-740) as BAP Aguirre; served 1951–1974
- USS Weaver (DE-741) as BAP Rodríguez; served 1951–1979
Transferred to the Philippines[]
- USS Amick (DE-168) as BRP Datu Sikatuna (PF-5); scrapped in 1989
- USS Atherton (DE-169) as BRP Rajah Humabon (PF-11); still in service
- USS Booth (DE-170) as BRP Datu Kalantiaw (PS-76); sunk during a typhoon in 1981
- USS Muir (DE-770)—cannibalized for spares
- USS Sutton (DE-771)—cannibalized for spares
Transferred to South Korea[]
- USS Muir (DE-770) as ROKN Kyong Ki (F-71); served 1956–1977 (then to Philippines)
- USS Sutton (DE-771) as ROKN Kang Won (F-72); served 1956–1977 (then to Philippines)
Transferred to Republic of China (Taiwan)[]
- USS Thomas (DE-102) as ROCN Taihe (太和)
- USS Bostwick (DE-103) as ROCN Taicang (太仓)
- USS Breeman (DE-104) as ROCN Taihu (太湖)
- USS Carter (DE-112) as ROCN Taizhao (太昭)
Transferred to Thailand[]
- USS Hemminger (DE-746) as HTMS Pin Klao (413)
Other notables[]
- USS Slater (DE-766)—only destroyer escort remaining afloat in the United States
References[]
- ↑ U.S. Destroyers: an illustrated design history by Norman Friedman. Chapter 7. ISBN 1-55750-442-3.
- ↑ Rivet, Eric; Stenzel, Michael (April 22, 2011). "Classes of Destroyer Escorts". History of Destroyer Escorts. Destroyer Escort Historical Museum. http://www.ussslater.org/history/dehistory/history_classes.html. Retrieved July 8, 2012. "The CANNON class was very similar in design to the BUCKLEY class, the primary difference being a diesel-electric power plant instead of the BUCKLEY class's turbo-electric design. The fuel efficient diesel electric plant greatly improved the range of the CANNON class, but at the cost of speed."
- ↑ Rivet, Eric; Stenzel, Michael (April 22, 2011). "Classes of Destroyer Escorts". History of Destroyer Escorts. Destroyer Escort Historical Museum. http://www.ussslater.org/history/dehistory/history_classes.html. Retrieved July 8, 2012. "Except for the propulsion, the EDSALL class was nearly identical to the CANNON class in every respect. This fourth class of destroyer escort mounted a direct drive diesel configuration that proved to be extremely reliable."
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