USS Carpellotti (DE-548) was a proposed World War II United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never completed.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Carpellotti |
| Namesake | Private First Class Louis J. Carpellotti (1918-1942), a U.S. Marine Corps Silver Star recipient |
| Builder | Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts (proposed) |
| Launched | Never |
| Fate | Construction contract cancelled 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | John C. Butler-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement | 1,350 tons |
| Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft 8 in (11 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 5 in (3 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp; 2 propellers |
| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
| Range | 6,000 nmi. (12,000 km) @ 12 kt |
| Complement | 14 officers, 201 enlisted |
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Plans called for Carpellotti to be built at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts. The contract for her construction was cancelled in 1944 before she could be launched.
The name Carpellotti was reassigned to the destroyer escort USS Carpellotti (DE-720), which was converted during construction into the fast transport USS Carpellotti (APD-136).
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.- Navsource Naval History: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy: Destroyer Escorts, Frigates, Littoral Warfare Vessels
