Photo. www.navsource.org By Luiz Brazil Cotta FT3 (Ret. Brazilian Navy)
Class: CANNON
Type: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Launched 19 June 1943
Commissioned 23 October 1943, Decommissioned 19 December 1944Stricken 20 July 1953
Fate: To
Stricken and scrapped in 1964
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: 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws.
Speed: 21 knots.
Range: 10,800 nm @ 12 knots.
Crew: 15 / 201.
DE 100 Christopher sailed from
Similar duty continued until) Christopher was decommissioned at
Photo. www.navsource.org By Luiz Brazil Cotta FT3 (Ret. Brazilian Navy)