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Class: CANNON
Type: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
3 May 1943: Keel laid at the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.,
22 August 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Edward Micka, widow of Lieutenant Micka
23 September 1943: Commissioned, Lt. G. C. Spencer in command
14 June 1946: Decommissioned at
1 August 1965: Stricken
15 May 1967: Sold for scrapping to the Peck Iron & Metal Co. of
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
Assigned to Escort Division 24, DE 176 MICKA guarded merchantmen and naval supply vessels plying the waters of the eastern Atlantic from