Photo. www.navsource.org USN Photo Paula & Steve Mitchell
Class: CANNON
Type: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
5 July 1943: Keel laid at the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.,
3 October 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Eva Smythe Stevens, widow of Lt. Gustafson
1 November 1943: Commissioned, Cdr Herman Rich in command
26 June 1946: Decommissioned at
23 October 1950: Transferred to the
20 December 1950: Stricken
15 December 1967: Returned to
February 1968: Sold for scrapping.
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.
On 20 February 1944 she departed
On the 23d, GUSTAFSON made an unsuccessful hedgehog attack on a target that was probably German submarine U-196. Due south of St. Helena, 15 June 1943 aircraft launched by SOLOMONS sank the German submarine U-860.GUSTAFSON continued antisubmarine patrol and convoy escort in the South Atlantic.
Operating out of
During a swift overhaul she received additional armament and a new Combat Information Center. GUSTAFSON departed