Photo. www.navsource.org By Ed Zajkowski. USS Cannon under sea trials September 1943 off Wilmington Delaware.
CLASS: CANNON
TYPE: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Laid down by Dravo,
Launched 25 May 1943.
Commissioned 26 September 1943.
Decommissioned 19 December 1944.
Stricken 20 July 1953.
Fate: To
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 30 November 1943, Cannon cleared
Cannon's protection of the Allied fuel supply through the dangerous sea lanes of the Caribbean and the
Photo. www.navsource.org By Luiz Carlos Cotta. FT3 Brazilian Navy Ret. USS Cannon as Brazilian Baependy.