USS Williams (DE-290) was a proposed United States Navy Rudderow-class destroyer escort that was never built.
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Name | USS Williams |
Namesake | Rear Admiral George Washington Williams (1869-1925), a U.S. Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient |
Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts[1] or Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina[2] (proposed) |
Laid down | Never |
Fate | Construction contract cancelled 12 March 1944 |
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Class and type | Rudderow destroyer escort |
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Beam | 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m) |
Installed power | 12,000 shaft horsepower (16 megawatts) |
Propulsion | 2 CE boilers, General Electric turbines with electric drive, 2 screws |
Speed | 24 knots (44.5 kilometers per hour) |
Range | 5,050 nautical miles (9,353 kilometers) at 12 knots (22.25 kilometers per hour) |
Complement | 12 officers, 192 enlisted men |
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Sources differ on Williams's planned builder; plans called for either Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard at Hingham, Massachusetts[1] or the Charleston Navy Yard at Charleston, South Carolina[2] to build her. The contract for her construction was cancelled on 12 March 1944 before construction could begin.
The name Williams was transferred to the destroyer escort USS Williams (DE-372).
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edit- 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