Allied Warships

USS McConnell (DE 163)

Destroyer Escort of the Cannon class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassCannon 
PennantDE 163 
Built byFederal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down19 Oct 1942 
Launched28 Mar 1943 
Commissioned28 May 1943 
End service29 Jun 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 29 June 1946.
Stricken 1 October 1972.
Sold 21 March 1974 and broken up for scrap.

 

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1Cdr. D. D. Humphreys, USN28 May 1943???

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Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.

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