Cannon-class destroyer escort


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 in March 2018, and that of HTMS Pin Klao of the Royal Thai Navy, in the September 2008 no ship of this class is in commission.

Propulsion

The class was also known as the DET type from their diesel electric tandem drives. The DET's substitution for a turboelectric propulsion plant was the primary difference with the predecessor class. The DET was, in turn, replaced with a direct-drive diesel plant to yield the design of the successor class.

Hull numbers

A total of 72 ships of the Cannon class were built.
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

After the end of World War II, the United States Navy transferred many ships of the Cannon class to other navies.

Transferred to France