Allied Warships

USS Cronin (DE 704)

Destroyer Escort of the Buckley class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassBuckley 
PennantDE 704 
Built byDefoe Boat and Marine Works. (Bay City, Michigan, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down19 Oct 1943 
Launched5 Jan 1944 
Commissioned5 May 1944 
End service4 Dec 1953 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 31 May 1946.
Reclassified as DEC-704 on 13 December 1950.
Recommissioned 9 February 1951.
Decommissioned 4 December 1953.
Reverted back to DE-704 on 27 December 1957.
Stricken 1 June 1970.
Sunk as a target off the coast of Florida on 16 December 1971.

 

Commands listed for USS Cronin (DE 704)

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1Lt.Cdr. Almon G. Cooke, USNR5 May 1944???

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Media links


Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.


The Buckley-Class Destroyer Escorts

Bruce Hampton Franklin

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