USS New England (AD-32), was a planned destroyer tender of the United States Navy during World War II.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS New England |
| Namesake | New England |
| Builder | Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Inc., Tampa, Florida |
| Laid down | 1 October 1944 |
| Launched | Never |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Paul H. Bastedo (planned) |
| Completed | Never |
| Acquired | Never |
| Commissioned | Never |
| Fate | Construction cancelled 12 August 1945; scrapped incomplete |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Dixie-class destroyer tender |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 531 ft (162 m) |
| Beam | 74 ft (23 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam turbine, two propellers |
| Speed | 19.6 knots (36.3 km/h; 22.6 mph) |
| Complement | 1017 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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Originally planned as a submarine tender and designated AS-28, New England was reclassified as a destroyer tender and redesignated AD-32 on 14 August 1944; she was named New England on 2 September 1944. The New England-class was to be a modified Dixie class destroyer tender.[1]
New England was laid down on 1 October 1944 by the Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Inc., at Tampa, Florida. She was scheduled to be launched on 1 April 1946 with Mrs. Paul H. Bastedo as her sponsor, but the ship's construction was cancelled on 12 August 1945 when she was 12% complete, due to the end of World War II.[2]
References
edit- ^ Stefan Terzibaschitsch: 70 Jahre Flottenhilfsschiffe der U.S. Navy. Leonberg, Germany, p. 23 and p. 144
- ^ "USS New England (AD-32)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
Bibliography
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Media related to USS New England (AD-32) at Wikimedia Commons- Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS): New England (AD-32)
