USS Walter X. Young (DE-723)

USS Walter X. Young (DE-723) was a proposed United States Navy Rudderow-class destroyer escort that was never built.

History
United States
NameUSS Walter X. Young
NamesakeFirst Lieutenant Walter X. Young (1918-1942), a U.S. Marine Corps officer and Navy Cross recipient
BuilderDravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Laid downNever
FateConstruction contract cancelled 12 March 1944
General characteristics
Class and typeRudderow destroyer escort
Displacement
  • 1,450 tons (standard)
  • 1,810 tons (full load)
Length
Beam36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Draft9 ft 8 in (2.95 m)
Installed power12,000 shaft horsepower (16 megawatts)
Propulsion2 CE boilers, General Electric turbines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed24 knots {44.5 kilometers per hour)
Range5,050 nautical miles (9,353 kilometers) at 12 knots (22.25 kilometers per hour)
Complement12 officers, 192 enlisted men
Armament

The name Walter X. Young was approved for DE-723 on 7 February 1944. Plans called for her to be built by the Dravo Corporation at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. However, before work on the ship began, the contract for her construction was cancelled on 12 March 1944 in order to free the Dravo shipyard for the building of landing craft.

The name Walter X. Young was reassigned to another Rudderow-class destroyer escort, USS Walter X. Young (DE-715), which was converted during construction into the fast transport USS Walter X. Young (APD-131).

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