Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer Escort |
Class | Cannon |
Pennant | DE 179 |
Built by | Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 18 Jan 1942 |
Laid down | 17 May 1943 |
Launched | 5 Sep 1943 |
Commissioned | 11 Oct 1943 |
End service | 15 Aug 1944 |
History | Decommissioned 15 August 1944 and transferred to Brasil being renamed Bauru. |
Career notes | To Brasil as Bauru |
Commands listed for USS McAnn (DE 179)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Cdr. Charles Frederick Hooper, USN | 11 Oct 1943 | 25 Jun 1944 |
2 | Herbert Lucian Minshall, Jr., USNR | 25 Jun 1944 | 15 Aug 1944 |
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