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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. Ethel Marie McAnn
11 October 1943: Commissioned at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Cdr Charles F. Hooper in command.
15 August 1944: Decommissioned at
16 August 1944: Loaned (under Lend-Lease) to the Brazilian Navy as CT Bauru (D-18).
30 June 1953: Returned to
20 July 1953: Stricken
July 1972: Stricken and 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.
Assigned to Escort Division 24, DE 179 McAnn sailed for the
Between 2 and 12 April McAnn cruised to Trinidad in the screen of convoy JT 27, and during the next 3 months she completed three additional escort runs between the Caribbean and
She decommissioned there 15 August and was transferred, under lend‑lease, to