Photo: www.navsource.org By John Klar
Class: CANNON
Type: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
26 April 1943: Keel laid at the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Port Newark, N.J.
08 August 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Miss Betty Marts
03 September 1943: Commissioned at the New York Navy Yard by the Commandant, Third Naval District, Lt. Carl M. Fellows in command
20 March 1945: Decommissioned at Natal, Brazil after 1 year and 6⅔ months of service; recommissioned the same day in the Brazilian Navy as CT Bocaina (D-22).
30 June 1953: Returned to U.S. control and simultaneously transferred outright to Brazil under terms of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program
20 July 1953: Struck from the NVR
1975: Sold, 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.
8 August 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Miss Betty Marts.
3 September 1943: Commissioned, Lt. Carl M. Fellows in command
20 March 1945: Decommissioned at
30 June 1953: Returned to
20 July 1953: Stricken.
1975: scrapped
After shakedown off Bermuda, MARTS departed
She made two more patrols during the next month; and, after escorting
After completing sonar repairs at
Scheduled for transfer under lend lease to the Brazilian Government, she steamed to the Brazilian Naval Base at