Canfield
Country | United States |
Ship Class | Evarts-class Destroyer Escort |
Builder | Boston Navy Yard |
Laid Down | 23 Feb 1943 |
Launched | 6 Apr 1943 |
Commissioned | 22 Jul 1943 |
Decommissioned | 21 Dec 1945 |
Displacement | 1,140 tons standard; 1,430 tons full |
Length | 289 feet |
Beam | 35 feet |
Draft | 10 feet |
Machinery | 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 2 screws |
Power Output | 6,000 shaft horsepower |
Speed | 19 knots |
Range | 6,000nm at 12 knots |
Crew | 198 |
Armament | 3x3", 2x40mm anti-aircraft, 9x20mm anti-aircraft, 1 hedgehog, 8 depth charges |
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Last Major Revision: Jan 2005
Canfield Operational Timeline
22 Jul 1943 | Canfield was commissioned into service. |
21 Dec 1945 | Canfield was decommissioned from service. |
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2 Dec 2018 04:27:45 PM
My uncle served on the ship during the battle of Iowa Jima I remember him telling me about this story to cool
26 Dec 2018 03:40:15 PM
Here you go I knew I heard that story and finally got the proof! Email me if you like a pic .
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Captain Henry P. Jim Crowe, Guadalcanal, 13 Jan 1943
20 May 2018 01:00:59 PM
where did this Ship go? My great grandfather served on it, and another Great grandpa served on the U.S.S. Tuscaloosa, and the two ships pulled alongside each other at one point, and my Great Grandpas talked to one another(they were brothers)!