Cannon-class destroyer escort
USS Cannon (DE-99) | |
Class overview | |
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Name: | Cannon class |
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Preceded by: | Buckley class |
Succeeded by: | Edsall class |
Planned: | 116 |
Completed: | 72 |
Cancelled: | 44 |
Active: | 1 (Royal Thai Navy) |
Preserved: | 3 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Destroyer Escort |
Displacement: |
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Length: | 93.3 m (306 ft) |
Beam: | 11 m (36 ft) |
Draft: | 3.5 m (11 ft) full load |
Propulsion: |
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Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
Range: | 10,800 nautical miles (20,000 km; 12,400 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
Complement: |
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Armament: |
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The Cannon class was a class of destroyer escorts built by the United States primarily for ocean antisubmarine warfare escort service during World War II. The lead ship, USS Cannon, was commissioned on 26 September 1943 at Wilmington, Delaware. Of the 116 ships ordered, 44 were cancelled and six were commissioned directly into the Free French Forces. Destroyer escorts were regular companions escorting the vulnerable cargo ships.
With the decommissioning of the Philippine Navy's BRP Rajah Humabon (PS-11) in March of 2018, HTMS Pin Klao (DE-1) of the Royal Thai Navy, remains the only confirmed commissioned ship of this class as of 2018.
Propulsion
The class was also known as the DET type from their diesel electric tandem drives.[1] The DET's substitution for a turboelectric propulsion plant was the primary difference with the predecessor Buckley ("TE") class.[2] The DET was, in turn, replaced with a direct-drive diesel plant to yield the design of the successor Edsall ("FMR") class.[3]
Hull numbers
A total of 72 ships of the Cannon class were built.
- DE-99 through DE-113 (six are French)
- DE-162 through DE-197
- DE-739 through DE-750
- DE-763 through DE-771
Wartime transfers
During World War II, six ships of the class were earmarked for the Free French Naval Forces and a further eight were transferred the Brazilian Navy.
Free French ships
- USS Corbesier (DE-106) as Sénégalais
- USS Cronin (DE-107) as Algérien
- USS Crosley (DE-108) as Tunisien
- USS Marocain (DE-109) as Marocain
- USS Hova (DE-110) as Hova
- USS Somali (DE-111) as Somali
Transferred to Brazil
- USS Alger (DE-101) as Babitonga
- USS Cannon (DE-99) as Baependi
- USS Christopher (DE-100) as Benevente
- USS Herzog (DE-178) as Beberibe
- USS Marts (DE-174) as Bocaina
- USS McAnn (DE-179) as Bauru - now a museum ship in Rio de Janeiro
- USS Pennewill (DE-175) as Bertioga
- USS Reybold (DE-177) as Bracui
Postwar dispersal
After the end of World War II, the United States Navy transferred many ships of the Cannon class to other navies.
Transferred to France
- USS Baker (DE-190) as Malgache (F724); served 1952-1969
- USS Bright (DE-747) as Touareg (F721); served 1950-1960
- USS Cates (DE-763) as Soudanais (F722); served 1950-1959
- USS Clarence L. Evans (DE-113) as Berbère (F723); served 1952-1960
- USS Riddle (DE-185) as Kabyle (F718); served 1950-1959
- USS Samuel S. Miles (DE-183) as Arabe (F717); served 1950-1968
- USS Swearer (DE-186) as Bambara (F719); served 1950-1959
- USS Wingfield (DE-194) as Sakalave (F720); served 1950-1960
Transferred to Greece
- USS Eldridge (DE-173) as Leon; served 1951–1992
- USS Slater (DE-766) as Aetos; served 1951–1991; now a museum ship in Albany, New York, the only destroyer escort afloat in the United States
- USS Ebert (DE-768) as Ierax ; served 1951–1991
- USS Garfield Thomas (DE-193) as Panthir; served 1951–1992
Transferred to Italy
- USS Wesson (DE-184) as Andromeda (F 592) 1951; scrapped in 1972
- USS Thornhill (DE-195) as Aldebaran (F 590) 1951; scrapped in 1976
- USS Gandy (DE-764) as Altair (F 591) 1951; stricken and sunk as target in 1971
Transferred to Japan
- USS Amick (DE-168) as Asahi (DE-262) 1955–75 (then to the Philippines)
- USS Atherton (DE-169) as Hatsuhi (DE-263) 1955–75 (then to the Philippines)
Transferred to the Netherlands
- USS Burrows (DE-105) as Van Amstel (F806) 1950
- USS Rinehart (DE-196) as Bitter (F807) 1950
- USS Gustafson (DE-182) as Van Ewijck (F808) 1950
- USS O'Neill (DE-188) as Dubois (F809) 1950
- USS Eisner (DE-192) as Zeeuw (F810) 1950
- USS Stern (DE-187) as van Zijll (F811) 1950
Transferred to Peru
- USS Bangust (DE-739) as BAP Castilla; served 1951–1979
- USS Waterman (DE-740) as BAP Aguirre; served 1951–1974
- USS Weaver (DE-741) as BAP Rodríguez; served 1951–1979
Transferred to the Philippines
- USS Amick (DE-168) as BRP Datu Sikatuna (PF-5); scrapped in 1989
- USS Atherton (DE-169) as BRP Rajah Humabon (PF-11); retired in 2018
- USS Booth (DE-170) as BRP Datu Kalantiaw (PS-76); sunk during a typhoon in 1981
- USS Muir (DE-770)—cannibalized for parts
- USS Sutton (DE-771)—cannibalized for parts
Transferred to South Korea
- USS Muir (DE-770) as ROKN Kyong Ki (F-71); served 1956–1977 (then to the Philippines)
- USS Sutton (DE-771) as ROKN Kang Won (F-72); served 1956–1977 (then to the Philippines)
Transferred to the Republic of China (Taiwan)
- USS Thomas (DE-102) as ROCN Taihe (太和)
- USS Bostwick (DE-103) as ROCN Taicang (太倉)
- USS Breeman (DE-104) as ROCN Taihu (太湖)
- USS Carter (DE-112) as ROCN Taizhao (太昭)
Transferred to Thailand
- USS Hemminger (DE-746) as HTMS Pin Klao (413)
Transferred to Uruguay
- USS Baron (DE-166) as Uruguay (DE-1); served 1952–1990
- USS Bronstein (DE-189) as Artigas (DE-2); served 1952–1988
See also
References
- ↑ U.S. Destroyers: an illustrated design history by Norman Friedman. Chapter 7. ISBN 1-55750-442-3.
- ↑ Rivet, Eric; Stenzel, Michael (April 22, 2011). "Classes of Destroyer Escorts". History of Destroyer Escorts. Destroyer Escort Historical Museum. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
The Cannon class was very similar in design to the Buckley class, the primary difference being a diesel-electric power plant instead of the Buckley class's turboelectric design. The fuel-efficient diesel-electric plant greatly improved the range of the Cannon class, but at the cost of speed.
- ↑ Rivet, Eric; Stenzel, Michael (April 22, 2011). "Classes of Destroyer Escorts". History of Destroyer Escorts. Destroyer Escort Historical Museum. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
Except for the propulsion, the EDSALL class was nearly identical to the CANNON class in every respect. This fourth class of destroyer escorts mounted a direct-drive diesel configuration that proved to be extremely reliable.
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