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Class: CANNON
Type: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
03 May 1943: Keel laid at the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Port Newark, N.J.
22 August 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. John K. Reybold, widow of Lcdr. John K. Reybold
29 September 1943: Commissioned at the New York Navy Yard by Captain of the Yard, Cap't H. V. McKittrick, Lcdr. A. B. Bradley, Jr., in command
09 August 1944: Decommissioned at Natal, Brazil after 10½ months of service
15 August 1944: Loaned (under Lend-Lease) to the Brazilian Navy as CT Bracui (D-23)
20 July 1953: Struck from the NVR
11 July 1972: Decommissioned from the Brazilian Navy, 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.
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