USS Willard Keith

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The Cannon class was a class of destroyer escorts built by the United States primarily for antisubmarine warfare and convoy escort service during World War II. The lead ship, USS Cannon, was commissioned on 26 September 1943 at Wilmington, Delaware. Of the 116 ships ordered, 44 were cancelled and six were commissioned directly into the Free French Forces. Destroyer escorts were regular companions escorting vulnerable cargo ships.

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length 93.27 metre, draft 3.5 metre, beam 11 metre, speed 21 knot, 
Cannon-class destroyer escort, destroyer escort, Western Pipe and Steel CompanyUnited States Navy


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