| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS New England |
| Namesake: | New England, the northeast section of the United States comprising Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut |
| Builder: | Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Inc., Tampa, Florida |
| Laid down: | 1 October 1944 |
| Launched: | Never (1 April 1946 planned) |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Paul H. Bastedo (planned) |
| Completed: | Never |
| Commissioned: | Never |
| Fate: | Construction cancelled 12 August 1945; scrapped incomplete |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Shenandoah-class destroyer tender |
| Displacement: | 11,755 long tons (11,944 t) light 16,800 long tons (17,070 t) full |
| Length: | 492 ft (150 m) |
| Beam: | 70 ft (21 m) |
| Draft: | 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbine, single propeller |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement: | 1017 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | • 2 × single 5"/38 caliber gun mounts • 8 × single 40 mm AA gun mounts • 12 × single 20 mm AA gun mounts |
What would have been the third USS New England (AS-28), later AD-32, was a planned ship of the United States Navy during World War II.
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.
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.
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