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USS McAnn (DE 179)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - Q - C - Q

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - WWII Victory Medal

Specifications:
Class: Cannon
Type: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1240 tons (light), 1620 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 10' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 kts
Range: 10,800 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1), 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 15 / 201

McAnn (DE 179) Building and Operational Data:

17 May 1943: Keel laid at the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Port Newark, N.J.

05 September 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Ethel Marie McAnn

11 October 1943: Commissioned at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Cmdr. Charles F. Hooper in command

15 August 1944: Decommissioned at Natal, Brazil after 10 months of service

16 August 1944: Loaned (under Lend-Lease) to the Brazilian Navy as Bauru (Be-4).

30 June 1953: Returned to U.S. control and simultaneously transferred outright to Brazil under terms of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program

20 July 1953: Struck from the NVR

17 September 1981: Decommissioned from the Brazilian Navy

Preserved as a memorial by the Brazilian Navy at the "Centro Cultural da Marinha" in Rio de Janeiro

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0617902	154k	undated wartime image	John Klar Somerville, N.J.
0617903	24k	undated: ex-USS *McAnn* in service with the Brazilian Navy as CT *Bauru* (Be4).	Luiz Brazil Cotta FT3 (Ret. Brazilian Navy)
0617904	79k
0617905	176k	undated: ex-USS *McAnn* in service with the Brazilian Navy as CTE ("Contratorpedeiro de Escolta" / Destroyer Escort) *Bauru* (U-28). (Per Enzo Vernille: In the 60s, some DEs were converted into "ocean going" Avisos, something similar to Offshore Patrol Ship, so their hull number changed to: U+a number)
0617906	94k
0617907	59k	as preserved today in Rio de Janeiro, a museum ship	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

McAnn Memorabilia
Launch Button Courtesy of Tom Kermen

McAnn History
View the USS McAnn (DE 179) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.

McAnn's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 11 Oct. 1943 - 25 Jun. 1944	Cmdr. Charles Frederick Hooper, USNR (Comm. CO)
2.) 25 Jun. 1944 - 15 Aug. 1944	Lt. Herbert Lucien Minshall Jr., USNR (Decomm. CO) (OCS '40) (San Diego, Cal.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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