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USS McAnn (DE-179)
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USS McAnn (DE-179) was a built for the United States Navy
United States Navy
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during World War II
World War II
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. She served in the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
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and provided escort service against submarine
Submarine
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and air attack for Navy vessels and convoy
Convoy
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s.
McAnn was named after Donald Roy McAnn
Donald Roy McAnn
Donald Roy McAnn, born 23 June 1911 in Rochester, New York, enlisted in the United States Navy 16 August 1932.-Navy career:During the early months of World War II he served on USS Enterprise as a gunner’s mate first class.-Awarded the Navy Cross:...
who received the Navy Cross
Navy Cross
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for his actions during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands in 1942. The ship was laid down by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newark, New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey
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, on 17 May 1943; launched on 5 September 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Ethel Marie McAnn; and commissioned at New York
New York
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on 11 October 1943, Comdr. Charles F. Hooper in command.
World War II Atlantic Ocean operations
After shakedownSea trial
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off Bermuda
Bermuda
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, McAnn operated along the east coast from Newport, Rhode Island
Newport, Rhode Island
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, to Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
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, until 19 December 1943 when she departed Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk, Virginia
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, on a convoy escort run to the Panama Canal Zone
Panama Canal Zone
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. She reached Coco Solo
Coco Solo
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on 26 December, thence sailed the 31st for duty out of Key West, Florida
Key West, Florida
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. Arriving there on 3 January 1944, she for the next several weeks with the Fleet Sound School
Fleet Sonar School
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and trained sailors in anti-submarine warfare
Anti-submarine warfare
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techniques.
Assigned to Escort Division 24, McAnn sailed for the Caribbean
Caribbean
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on 29 February. Steaming via Trinidad
Trinidad
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, she joined Convoy TJ-25 on 5 March and screened the ships through stormy seas en route to Recife, Brazil. On the 15th she rescued the entire crew of 10 men from a B-17 Flying Fortress which had splashed off the Brazilian coast the day before. McAnn arrived Recife on 16 March.
Between 2 and 12 April McAnn cruised to Trinidad in the screen of Convoy JT-27, and during the next three months she completed three additional escort runs between the Caribbean and Brazil
Brazil
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. She completed this duty on 12 July and four days later departed Recife as screen for . She cruised the South Atlantic in search of German submarines until returning to Recife on 30 July.
End-of-War decommissioning
McAnn underwent an upkeep and then steamed to Natal, Brazil, arriving on 10 August. She decommissioned there on 15 August and was transferred, under lend lease, to Brazil on the same date. She was commissioned in the Brazilian NavyBrazilian Navy
The Brazilian Navy is a branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces responsible for conducting naval operations. It is the largest navy in Latin America...
on 16 August as Bauru (D‑18). She served on loan with Brazilian Navy until 30 June 1953 when she was retransferred to Brazil, permanently, under the Mutual Defense Assistance Pact.