Brazilian destroyer Bertioga

USS Bertioga was a destroyer of the Cannon-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. She was named for William Ellison Pennewill. Her keel was laid at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey on 26 April 1943. Launched on 8 August 1943, she entered service on 15 September 1943.

She was one of 79 ships of her class. The class followed the Buckley-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Edsall-class destroyer escort.

Displacement was 1,240 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 216.

Her main battery was two 40 mm (1.6 in) guns in one twin mountings.

She served with the United States Navy as USS Pennewill until 1 August 1944. She then passed to the Brazilian Navy, serving as Bertioga (D-21) from 1 August 1944. She was in commission for 718 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 1 August 1944. She was struck from the register on 20 July 1953.

She was broken up for scrap in 1964.

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