Allied Warships

USS Booth (DE 170)

Destroyer Escort of the Cannon class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassCannon 
PennantDE 170 
Built by 
Ordered18 Jan 1942 
Laid down30 Jan 1943 
Launched21 Jun 1943 
Commissioned19 Sep 1943 
End service4 Mar 1946 
History

Decommissioned 4 March 1946.
Stricken by the U.S.N. 15 July 1978.
Transferred to the Philippines 15 December 1967 being renamed Datu Kalantiaw.
Datu Kalantiaw was lost during Typhoon Clara on 20 September 1981.

 

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1Lt.Cdr. David Wooster Todd, Jr., USN19 Sep 1943???

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Destroyers of World War Two
Whitley, M. J.

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