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USS WatermanUnited States
NameUSS Waterman
NamesakeAndrew Kenneth Waterman
BuilderWestern Pipe and Steel Company, Los Angeles, California
Laid down24 February 1943
Launched20 June 1943
Commissioned30 November 1943
Decommissioned31 May 1946
Stricken18 April 1952
Honors and
awards
8 battle stars (World War II)
FateTransferred to Peru, 21 February 1952
Peruvian Naval EnsignPeru
NameBAP Aguirre (D-2)
Acquired21 February 1952
Reclassified
  • DE-2, 1959
  • DE-62, 1960
FateSunk as target ship, 1974
General characteristics
Class and typeCannon-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
Beam36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Draft11 ft 8 in (3.56 m)
Propulsion4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW), 2 screws
Speed21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range10,800 nmi (20,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement15 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.

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