Cannon-class destroyer escort

	USS Cannon (DE-99)
Class overview
Name:	Cannon class
Operators:	World War II; United States Navy; Free French Naval Forces; Brazilian Navy; Post-War; French 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; United States Navy; National Navy of Uruguay;
Preceded by:	Buckley class
Succeeded by:	Edsall class
Planned:	116
Completed:	72
Cancelled:	44
Active:	1 (Philippine Navy)
Preserved:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer Escort
Displacement:	1,240 tons standard; 1,620 tons full load;
Length:	93.3 m (306 ft)
Beam:	11 m (36 ft)
Draft:	3.5 m (11 ft) full load
Propulsion:	4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive; 6,000 shp (4,500 kW), 2 screws;
Speed:	21 knots (39 km/h)
Range:	10,800 nautical miles (20,000 km; 12,400 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement:	15 officers; 201 enlisted men;
Armament:	3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns (3×1); 2 × 40 mm AA guns (1x2); 8 × 20 mm AA guns (8×1); 3 × 21 in. torpedo tubes (1×3); 8 × depth charge projectors; 1 × depth charge projector (hedgehog); 2 x depth charge tracks;

The Cannon class was a class of 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, 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. BRP Rajah Humabon (PF-11) of the Philippine Navy, formerly USS Atherton, remains the only confirmed commissioned ship of this class as of 2013.

Propulsion

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]

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

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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 France

USS Baker (DE-190) as Malgache (F724); served 1952-1969
USS Bright (DE-747) as Touareg (F721); served 1950-1960
USS Cates (DE-763) as Soudanais (F722); served 1950-1959
USS Clarence L. Evans (DE-113) as Berbère (F723); served 1952-1960
USS Riddle (DE-185) as Kabyle (F718); served 1950-1959
USS Samuel S. Miles (DE-183) as Arabe (F717); served 1950-1968
USS Swearer (DE-186) as Bambara (F719); served 1950-1959
USS Wingfield (DE-194) as Sakalave (F720); served 1950-1960

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

BRP Rajah Humabon (PF-11) of the Philippine Navy

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 (太倉)
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)

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

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.
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External links

[1] U.S. Destroyers: an illustrated design history by Norman Friedman. Chapter 7. ISBN 1-55750-442-3.

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Light aircraft carriers	Independence Saipan^C
Escort carriers	Long Island Charger Bogue Sangamon Casablanca Commencement Bay
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Gunboats	Asheville Tulsa Dubuque Plymouth^S Williamsburg^S St. Augustine^S Vixen^S Erie
Destroyers	Sampson Caldwell Wickes Clemson Farragut Porter Mahan Gridley Bagley Somers Benham Sims Benson Gleaves Fletcher Allen M. Sumner Robert H. Smith Gearing
Destroyer escorts	Evarts Buckley *Cannon* Edsall Rudderow John C. Butler
Patrol frigates	Asheville Tacoma
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Submarines	O R S Barracuda Argonaut^S Narwhal Dolphin^S Cachalot Porpoise Salmon Sargo Tambor Mackerel Gato Balao Tench
S Single ship of class C Completed after the war X Cancelled

Cannon-class destroyer escort

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Propulsion

Hull numbers

Wartime transfers

Free French Ships

Transferred to Brazil

Postwar dispersal

Transferred to France

Transferred to Greece

Transferred to Italy

Transferred to Japan

Transferred to the Netherlands

Transferred to Peru

Transferred to the Philippines

Transferred to South Korea

Transferred to Republic of China (Taiwan)

Transferred to Thailand

Transferred to Uruguay

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Class overview
USS Cannon (DE-99)
Name:	Cannon class
Operators:	World War II United States Navy Free French Naval Forces Brazilian Navy Post-War French 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 United States Navy National Navy of Uruguay
Preceded by:	Buckley class
Succeeded by:	Edsall class
Planned:	116
Completed:	72
Cancelled:	44
Active:	1 (Philippine Navy)
Preserved:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer Escort
Displacement:	1,240 tons standard 1,620 tons full load
Length:	93.3 m (306 ft)
Beam:	11 m (36 ft)
Draft:	3.5 m (11 ft) full load
Propulsion:	4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive 6,000 shp (4,500 kW), 2 screws
Speed:	21 knots (39 km/h)
Range:	10,800 nautical miles (20,000 km; 12,400 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement:	15 officers 201 enlisted men
Armament:	3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns (3×1) 2 × 40 mm AA guns (1x2) 8 × 20 mm AA guns (8×1) 3 × 21 in. torpedo tubes (1×3) 8 × depth charge projectors 1 × depth charge projector (hedgehog) 2 x depth charge tracks