- USS Cannon (DE-99)
USS "Cannon" (DE-99) was a
destroyer escort launched on25 May 1943 by theDravo Corporation inWilmington, Delaware and was sponsored by Mrs. E. H. Cannon. "Cannon" was commissioned on26 September 1943 , withLieutenant Commander G. Morris in command, and reported to theAtlantic Fleet . The ship was named in honor ofGeorge H. Cannon , aMedal of Honor recipient.On
30 November 1943, "Cannon" clearedPhiladelphia forTrinidad , where she arrived5 December to begin a year of duty escorting convoys from that oil rich island toRecife andRio de Janeiro ,Brazil . During this time, she made one voyage from Brazil toGibraltar , guarding convoys whose tankers carried the fuel essential to the operations in theMediterranean ."Cannon"'s protection of the Allied fuel supply through the sea lanes of the
Caribbean and theAtlantic Narrows ended on4 December 1944 , when she arrived atNatal, Brazil , to begin training a Brazilian crew in the operation of the ship. "Cannon" was decommissioned and transferred to Brazil on19 December 1944 at Natal. She continued to serve in theBrazilian Navy as "Baependi" until 1975.References
*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c2/cannon.htm
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