USS Samuel S. Miles

USS Samuel S. Miles was a Cannon-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. The ship was named after Samuel Stockton Miles. Her keel was laid at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey on 5 July 1943. She entered service on 4 November 1943, having been launched on 3 October 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 of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She served with the United States Navy as USS Samuel S. Miles (DE-183) until 28 March 1946. She then passed to the Marine Nationale, serving as Arabe (F717) from 12 August 1950. She was in commission for 668 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 28 March 1946. She was struck from the register on 26 September 1950.

She was broken up for scrap in 1968.

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