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Name
  
Cannon class

Succeeded by
  
Edsall class

Completed
  
72

Preceded by
  
Buckley class

Planned
  
116

Cannon-class destroyer escort

Operators
  
World War II  United States Navy  Free French Naval Forces  Brazilian Navy Post-War  French Navy  Hellenic Navy  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force  Philippine Navy  Republic of China Navy  Republic of Korea Navy  Royal Thai Navy  Marina Militare  Peruvian Navy  United States Navy  National Navy of Uruguay

The Cannon class was a class of destroyer escorts were built by the United States primarily for ocean anti-submarine 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 canceled and six commissioned directly into the Free French Forces. Destroyer escorts were regular companions escorting the vulnerable cargo ships. BRP Rajah Humabon (FF-11) of the Philippine Navy, formerly USS Atherton, remains the only confirmed commissioned ship of this class as of 2016.

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Propulsion

The class was also known as the DET type from their Diesel Electric Tandem drive. The DET's substitution for a turbo-electric propulsion plant was the primary difference with the predecessor Buckley ("TE") class. The DET was in turn replaced with a direct drive diesel plant to yield the design of the successor Edsall ("FMR") class.

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
  • 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 II; served 1951–1992
  • USS Slater (DE-766) as Aetos II; served 1951–1991
  • USS Ebert (DE-768) as Ierax II; served 1951–1991
  • USS Garfield Thomas (DE-193) as Panthir II; 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 Philippines)
  • USS Atherton (DE-169) as Hatsuhi (DE-263) 1955–75 (then to 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); still in service
  • USS Booth (DE-170) as BRP Datu Kalantiaw (PS-76); sunk during a typhoon in 1981
  • USS Muir (DE-770)—cannibalized for spares
  • USS Sutton (DE-771)—cannibalized for spares

    • Transferred to South Korea

  • USS Muir (DE-770) as ROKN Kyong Ki (F-71); served 1956–1977 (then to Philippines)
  • USS Sutton (DE-771) as ROKN Kang Won (F-72); served 1956–1977 (then to Philippines)

    • Transferred to 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

    • Other notables

  • USS Slater (DE-766)—only destroyer escort remaining afloat in the United States

    • References

    Cannon-class destroyer escort Wikipedia
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