Allied Warships

USS Cannon (DE 99)

Destroyer Escort of the Cannon class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassCannon 
PennantDE 99 
Built byDravo Corp. (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down14 Nov 1942 
Launched25 May 1943 
Commissioned26 Sep 1943 
End service19 Dec 1944 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned and transferred to Brasil 19 December 1944 being renamed Baependi.
Baependi was stricken and broken up for scrap in 1974.

 
Career notesTo Brasil as Baependi

Commands listed for USS Cannon (DE 99)

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1Lt.Cdr. G. Morris, USN26 Sep 1943???

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Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.

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