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USS Cronin (DE-704)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - T - V - J

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: China Service Medal
Second Row: American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal
Third Row: World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon

Class: Buckley      Type: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (std) 1,740 tons (full)   Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 9" x 13' 6" (max)
Armament: 3-3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1-1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots   Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots   Crew: 15 / 198

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Defoe Shipbuilding, Bay City MI on 19 October 1943, Launched 5 January 1944
Commissioned 5 May 1944, Decommissioned 31 May 1946
Reclassified DEC-704 (Destroyer Escort Control) 13 December 1950
Recommissioned 9 February 1951, Decommissioned 4 December 1953
Reclassified DE, 27 December 1957
Stricken 1 June 1970

Fate: Sunk as target off Florida on 16 December 1971

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
	89k	Cornelius Cronin was born on 10 March 1838 in Ireland. He entered the US Navy in Michigan and served in the Civil War as a crewmember of USS *Richmond. Cronin steered Richmond during the Battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama on 5 August 1864, as it engaged Fort Morgan and Confederate ships, and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his conduct. Previously, he had participated in the April 1862 actions at Fort Jackson, Fort St. Philip, and Chalmette, Louisiana. Later that year, he took part in the attacks on the batteries below Vicksburg, Mississippi. Chief Quartermaster Cornelius Cronin died on 18 August 1912 at Brooklyn, New York. USS Cronin* (DE-704) was the first ship to be named in his honor. (US Navy photo #NH79924* from the US Naval Historical Center)*		Bill Gonyo
	74k	undated		Bob Daly / PC-1181

View the USS Cronin (DE-704), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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