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Port side view of Free French destroyer escort Algérien.
History
United States
Name	Cronin
Namesake	Cornelius Cronin
Builder	Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware
Laid down	13 May 1943
Launched	27 November 1943
Fate	Transferred to France, 23 January 1944
Stricken	14 May 1952
Free France
Name	Algérien
Namesake	Algerian people
Acquired	23 January 1944
Reclassified	F701
France
Name	Algérien
Acquired	14 October 1946
Decommissioned	Returned to US Navy May 1964
Renamed	Oise, for Oise, August 1962
Reclassified	F701
Stricken	May 1965
Fate	Sold for scrapping, November 1965
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	8 ft 9 in (2.67 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 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1 × Hedgehog Mk.10 anti-submarine mortar 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks

Algérien was a Cannon-class destroyer escort originally named USS Cronin (DE-107) after Cornelius Cronin, a sailor who was awarded the Medal of Honor during the American Civil War. She was transferred to the Free French Naval Forces in 1944 and became part of the French Navy post-war. She was rated as a frigate in French service. She was renamed Oise in 1962 and scrapped in 1965.

History

World War II

During World War II, Cronin was transferred to the Free French Naval Forces under lend lease on 23 January 1944, and renamed Algérien.

Algérien participated in Operation Anvil-Dragoon on 15 August 1944.

Ownership of the vessel was transferred to France on 21 April 1952 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. She was renamed Oise shortly before being transferred back to the US Navy.

See also

• List of escorteurs of the French Navy

References

1. "Cronin (DE-107) M.N. Algerien (F-1)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
2. "ALGÉRIEN - destroyer d'escorte - Classe "CANNON (États Unis d'Amérique)"". Alamer.fr. Retrieved 25 April 2015.

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links

• Photo gallery of Oise/Algérien/Cronin'' (DE-107) at NavSource Naval History

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United States Navy	Completed Cannon Christopher Alger Thomas Bostwick Breeman Burrows Corbesier Cronin Crosley Marocain Hova Somali Carter Clarence L. Evans Levy McConnell Osterhaus Parks Baron Acree Amick Atherton Booth Carroll Cooner Eldridge Marts Pennewill Micka Reybold Herzog McAnn Trumpeter Straub Gustafson Samuel S. Miles Wesson Riddle Swearer Stern O'Neill Bronstein Raby / Baker Coffman Eisner William G. Thomas / Garfield Thomas Wingfield Thornhill Rinehart Roche Bangust Waterman Weaver Hilbert Lamons Kyne Snyder Hemminger Bright Tills Roberts McClelland Cates Gandy Earl K. Olsen Slater Oswald Ebert Neal A. Scott Muir Sutton Canceled DE-114 – DE-128 (Unnamed) Gaynier Curtis W. Howard John J. Van Buren Willard Keith Paul G. Baker Damon Cummings DE-757 – DE-762 (Unnamed) Rogers / Milton Lewis George M. Campbell Russell M. Cox DE-775 – DE-788 (Unnamed)
Brazilian Navy Bertioga class	Bertioga (ex-Pennewill) Beberibe (ex-Herzog) Bracuí (ex-Reybold) Bauru (ex-McAnn) Baependi (ex-Cannon) Benevente (ex-Christopher) Babitonga (ex-Alger) Bocaina (ex-Marts)
Free French Naval Forces	Oise / Oise (ex-Cronin) Sénégalais / Yser (ex-Corbesier) Somali / Arago Hova Marocain Tunisien (ex-Crosley)
French Navy	Arabe (ex-Samuel S. Miles) Kabyle (ex-Riddle) Bambara (ex-Swearer) Sakalave (ex-Wingfield) Touareg (ex-Bright) Soudanais (ex-Cates) Berbère (ex-Clarence L. Evans) Malgache (ex-Baker)
Post-World War II operators  Republic of China Navy Tai Ho (ex-Thomas) Tai Tsang (ex-Breeman) Tai Hu (ex-Bostwick) Tai Chao (ex-Carter)  Hellenic Navy Wild Beast class Aetos (ex-Slater) Ierax (ex-Ebert) Leon (ex-Eldridge) Panther (ex-Garfield Thomas)  Marina Militare Aldebaran class Aldebaran (ex-Thornhill) Altair (ex-Gandy) Andromeda (ex-Wesson)  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Asahi class Asahi (ex-Amick) Hatsuhi (ex-Atherton)  Republic of Korea Navy Gyeonggi (ex-Muir) Gangwon (ex-Sutton)  Royal Netherlands Navy Van Amstel class Van Amstel (ex-Burrows) De Bitter (ex-Rinehart) Van Ewijck (ex-Gustafson) Dubois (ex-O'Neill) De Zeeuw (ex-Eisner) Van Zijl (ex-Stern)  Peruvian Navy Aguirre (ex-Waterman) Castilla (ex-Bangust) Rodríguez (ex-Weaver)  Philippine Navy Datu Kalantiaw class Datu Kalantiaw (ex-Booth) Datu Sikatuna (ex-Asahi) Rajah Humabon (ex-Hatsuhi) (Kyong Ki and Kang Won were sold to the Philippine Navy for parts)  Royal Thai Navy Pin Klao (ex-Hemminger)  National Navy of Uruguay Uruguay (ex-Baron) Artigas (ex-Bronstein) D: Classified as destroyers by the Hellenic Navy
Preceded by: Buckley class Followed by: Edsall class
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