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Wild Beasts (US Cannon) class Destroyer Escort

 
 
wild beasts aetos cannon class destroyer escort hellenic navy ierax leon panther ex uss slater ebert eldridge garfield thomas
   

 
Ships:
D 01 HS Aetos (ex USS Slater / DE 766) (1944/51)
D 31 HS Ierax (ex USS Ebert / DE 768) (1944/51)
D 54 HS Leon (ex USS Eldridge / DE 173) (1943/51)
D 67 HS Panther (Panthir) (ex USS Garfield Thomas / DE 193) (1944/51)
 
Specifications:
Length: 93,3 meters (306 feet)
Beam: 11,18 meters (36.8 ft)
Draft: 3,5 meters (11 ft)
Displacement: 1240 tons (standard) / 1620 tons (full load)
Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h)
Range: 10800 NM (20000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement: 215

Propulsion:
4 x GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive
(6000 shp / 4500 kW)
2 shafts, 2 propellers

Armament (as built):
3 x Mk-22 3"/50-caliber (76mm) guns
1 x 40mm twin AA gun
8 x 20mm AA guns
3 x 21" (533mm) torpedo tubes
8 x Mk-6 depth charge projectors
1 x Mk-10 'Hedgehog' anti-submarine mortar
2 x Mk-9 depth charge tracks

Armament (Hellenic Navy service):
3 x Mk-22 3"/50-caliber (76mm) guns
2 x 40mm twin AA gun
7 x 20mm twin AA guns
1 x Mk-10 'Hedgehog' anti-submarine mortar
2 x depth charge tracks

Aviation:
none

 
 

 
Ship data:
 
D 01 HS Aetos
 Builder: Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Florida, USA

 US Navy service (USS Slater / DE 766):
Laid down: March 9, 1943
Launched: February 20, 1944
Commissioned: May 1, 1944
Decommissioned: September 26, 1947
transferred to Greece - 1951
 
Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: March 15, 1951
 Decommissioned: July 5, 1991
Name: Eagle
 Fate: returned to USA and preserved as memorial in Albany, New York
 
 
D 31 HS Ierax
 Builder: Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Florida, USA

 US Navy service (USS Ebert / DE 768):
Laid down: April 1, 1943
Launched: May 11, 1944
Commissioned: July 12, 1944
Decommissioned: June 14, 1946
transferred to Greece - 1951
 
Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: March 15, 1951
 Decommissioned: August 1, 1991
Name: Hawk
Fate: sunk as a target by Penguin missiles and torpedoes in the Aegean Sea in July 2002
 
 
D 54 HS Leon
 Builder: Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey, USA

 US Navy service (USS Eldridge / DE 173):
Laid down: February 22, 1943
Launched: July 25, 1943
Commissioned: August 27, 1943
Decommissioned: June 17, 1946
transferred to Greece - 1951
 
Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: January 15, 1951
 Decommissioned: November 15, 1992
Name: Lion
Fate: sold for scrap in 1999 / scrapped in Greece
 
 
D 67 HS Panther (Panthir)
 Builder: Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey, USA

 US Navy service (USS Garfield Thomas / DE 193):
Laid down: September 23, 1943
Launched: December 12, 1943
Commissioned: January 24, 1944
Decommissioned: March 27, 1947
transferred to Greece - 1951
 
Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: January 15, 1951
 Decommissioned: July 15, 1992
Fate: unknown
 
 

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D 01 HS Aetos

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D 31 HS Ierax

d-54 hs leon cannon class destroyer escort hellenic navy
D 54 HS Leon

d-67 hs panther cannon class destroyer escort hellenic navy
D 67 HS Panther



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Aetos - Ierax - Leon - Panther



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  DE 768 USS Ebert
 
 
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