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Class: CANNON
Type: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
17 May 1943: Keel laid at the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.,
5 September 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Alice A. Herzog, mother of the namesake.
6 October 1943: Commissioned, Lcdr J. C. Toft, Jr., in command.
1 August 1944. Decommissioned at
30 June 1953: Returned to
20 July 1953: Stricken
1968: scrapped
Displacement: 1,240 tons (std) 1,620 tons (full)
Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 11' 8" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks.
Machinery:
Speed: 21 knots.
Range: 10,800 nm @ 12 knots.
Crew: 15 / 201.
DE 178 HERZOG served as escort ship on shorter voyages between
On 15 June she was detached to pick up survivors from a German sub sunk by aircraft, and after returning to the group steamed to