Cannon class

*Cannon-* class
	The cannon
Ship data
country	United States
Ship type	Escort destroyer
Units built	72
Ship dimensions and crew
length	93.27 m ( Lüa )
width	11.0 m
Draft	Max. 3.5 m
displacement	Standard: 1240 tn.l. ; maximum: 1620 tn.l.
crew	216 men
Machine system
machine	diesel-electric; 4 × diesel
Machine ; performance	6,000 PS (4,413 kW)
Top ; speed	21 kn (39 km / h)
propeller	2
Armament
	3 × Sk 76.2 mm L / 50; 2 × Flak 40 mm Bofors ; 8 × Flak 20 mm Oerlikon ; 3 × torpedo tube ⌀ 533 mm; 2 × depth charges ; 8 × depth charges; 1 × hedgehog thrower ;

The destroyer escort the Cannon class were during World War II on behalf of the US Navy built. Their main task was the defense and sinking of submarines . The lead ship of this class was the Cannon .

Hull numbers

A total of 72 Cannon- class ships were built. The ships were built in series, with these being delivered to the US Navy in four blocks. The following table illustrates this procedure.

From	To
DE-99	DE-113
DE-162	DE-197
DE-739	DE-750
DE-763	DE-771

Ship sales to other nations

Six free French ships

Corbesier continued as Sénégalais
Cronin continued as Algeria
Corsley continued as Tunisia
Marocaine continued as marocaine
Hova continued as Hova
Somali continued as Somali , from 1968 as Arago

To Brazil sold

Alger continued as Babitonga
Cannon continued as Baependi
Christopher continued as Benevente
Herzog continued as Beberibe
Marts continued as Bocaina
McAnn continued as Bracui
Pennewill continued as Bertioga
Reybold continued as Bauru

Sold to the Philippines

Amick continued as Datu Siratuna ; scrapped in 1989
Atherton continued as Rajah Humabon ; still active
Booth continued as Datu Kalantiaw ; sunkduring a typhoon in 1981

Other notes

USS Slater , museum ship in Albany (2011)

Slater - the only destroyer escort thatremainedin the United States ; it is moored as a museum ship in Albany, New York, and is classified as a National Historic Landmark .