USS Tills

Tills on 11 October 1944
History
United States
Name	USS Tills
Namesake	Ensign Robert Tills
Builder	Western Pipe and Steel Company
Laid down	23 June 1943
Launched	3 October 1943
Sponsored by	Helen Irene Tills, sister of Robert Tills
Commissioned	8 August 1944
Decommissioned	June 1946
Recommissioned	21 November 1950
Decommissioned	18 October 1959
Recommissioned	1 October 1961
Decommissioned	23 September 1968
Stricken	23 September 1968
Homeport	Portland, Maine
Fate	Sunk as target off Virginia, 3 April 1969
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 Tills (DE-748) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946 and from 1950 to 1968. She was sunk as a target in 1969.

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