USS McAnn

History
United States
Name	USS McAnn
Namesake	Donald Roy McAnn
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey
Laid down	17 May 1943
Launched	5 September 1943
Commissioned	11 October 1943
Decommissioned	15 August 1944
Stricken	20 July 1953
Fate	Leased to Brazil, 15 August 1944 Transferred to Brazil, 30 June 1953
Brazil
Name	Comandante Bauru (D-18, U-28, Be-4)
Acquired	15 August 1944
Commissioned	16 August 1944
Decommissioned	1982
Homeport	Rio de Janeiro
Status	Museum ship
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 McAnn (DE-179) is a retired Cannon-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She was transferred to the Brazilian Navy in 1944 and renamed as Bauru. She is now a museum ship preserved at the Brazilian Navy Cultural Center in Rio de Janeiro.