USS Waterman

History
United States
Name	USS Waterman
Namesake	Andrew Kenneth Waterman
Builder	Western Pipe and Steel Company, Los Angeles, California
Laid down	24 February 1943
Launched	20 June 1943
Commissioned	30 November 1943
Decommissioned	31 May 1946
Stricken	18 April 1952
Honors and awards	8 battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Transferred to Peru, 21 February 1952
Peru
Name	BAP Aguirre (D-2)
Acquired	21 February 1952
Reclassified	DE-2, 1959 DE-62, 1960
Fate	Sunk as target ship, 1974
General characteristics
Class and type	Cannon-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,240 long tons (1,260 t) standard 1,620 long tons (1,646 t) full
Length	306 ft (93 m) o/a 300 ft (91 m) w/l
Beam	36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Draft	11 ft 8 in (3.56 m)
Propulsion	4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW), 2 screws
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range	10,800 nmi (20,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	15 officers and 201 enlisted
Armament	3 × single Mk.22 3"/50 caliber guns 1 × twin 40 mm Mk.1 AA gun 8 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns 3 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1 × Hedgehog Mk.10 anti-submarine mortar (144 rounds) 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks

USS Waterman (DE-740) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was sold to Peru in 1952, where she served as BAP Aguirre (D-2/DE-62) until being sunk as a target, in 1974.