USS McAnn (DE-179)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 17 May 1943 |
| Launched: | 5 September 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 11 October 1943 |
| Battle Stars: | Unknown |
| Decommissioned: | 15 August 1944 |
| Struck: | 20 July 1953 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Brazil, 15 August 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class: | Cannon class destroyer escort |
| Type: | DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns) |
| Displacement: | 1,240 tons (std) 1,620 tons (full) |
| Dimensions: | 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 11' 8" (max) |
| Range: | 10,800 nm @ 12 knots |
| Speed: | 21 knots |
| Complement: | 15 / 201 |
| 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 |
| Propulsion: | 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws |
USS McAnn (DE-179) was a Cannon class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.
McAnn was named after Donald Roy McAnn who received the Navy Cross for his actions during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands in 1942. The ship was laid down by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newark, New Jersey, 17 May 1943; launched 5 September 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Ethel Marie McAnn; and commissioned at New York 11 October 1943, Comdr. Charles F. Hooper in command.
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[edit] World War II Atlantic Ocean operations
After shakedown off Bermuda, McAnn operated along the east coast from Newport, Rhode Island, to Charleston, South Carolina, until 19 December 1943 when she departed Norfolk, Virginia, on a convoy escort run to the Panama Canal Zone. She reached Coco Solo 26 December, thence sailed the 31st for duty out of Key West, Florida. Arriving there 3 January 1944, she for the next several weeks with the Fleet Sound School and trained sailors in ASW techniques.
Assigned to Escort Division 24, McAnn sailed for the Caribbean 29 February. Steaming via Trinidad, she joined convoy TJ 25 on 5 March and screened the ships through stormy seas en route to Recife, Brazil. On the 15th she rescued the entire crew of 10 men from a B-17 Flying Fortress which had splashed off the Brazilian coast the day before. McAnn arrived Recife 16 March.
Between 2 and 12 April McAnn cruised to Trinidad in the screen of convoy JT 27, and during the next 3 months she completed three additional escort runs between the Caribbean and Brazil. She completed this duty 12 July and 4 days later departed Recife as screen for USS Memphis (CL-13). She cruised the South Atlantic in search of German submarines until returning to Recife 30 July.
[edit] End-of-War Decommissioning
McAnn underwent an upkeep and then steamed to Natal, Brazil, arriving 10 August. She decommissioned there 15 August and was transferred, under lend lease, to Brazil on the same date. She was commissioned in the Brazilian Navy on 16 August as Bauru. She served on loan with Brazilian Navy until 30 June 1953 when she was retransferred to Brazil, permanently, under the Mutual Defense Assistance Pact.
[edit] References
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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[edit] External links
- Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
- NavSource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive - USS McAnn (DE 179)
- NGB - Contratorpedeiro de Escolta/Aviso Oceânico Bauru - Be 4/D 18
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