Hull Number: DE-107
Launch Date: 11/27/1943
Commissioned Date: 01/22/1944
Class: CANNON
CANNON Class
Namesake: CORNELIUS CRONIN
CORNELIUS CRONIN
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, April 2016
Cornelius Cronin, born 10 March 1838 in Detroit, Mich., enlisted in the Navy 17 September 1858. He was awarded the Medal of Honor while serving in Richmond for his “coolness and close attention to duty in looking out for signals and steering the ship in the action in Mobile Bay on the morning and forenoon of August 5, 1864.” Appointed mate in Michigan 9 July 1866, Cronin was warranted acting gunner 12 November 1875, was transferred to the Retired List 16 August 1898, and continued to serve on board Vermont and Columbia and at New York Navy Yard until 3 February 1908. Chief Gunner Cronin died 18 August 1912 at Brooklyn, N.Y.