| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Russell M. Cox |
| Namesake: | Ensign Russell M. Cox, (1919-1942), U.S. Navy officer killed in action in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal |
| Builder: | Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Tampa, Florida |
| Laid down: | 23 August 1943 |
| Completed: | Never |
| Fate: | Construction contract cancelled 1 September 1944; scrapped incomplete |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Cannon-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement: | 1,240 tons |
| Length: | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 8 in (11.18 m) |
| Draft: | 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) |
| Speed: | 21 knots |
| Complement: | 186 |
| Armament: | 3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns (3×1) • 2 × 40 mm AA guns (1x2) • 8 × 20 mm AA guns (8×1) • 3 × 21 in. torpedo tubes (1×3) • 8 × depth charge projectors • 1 × depth charge projector (hedgehog) • 2 x depth charge tracks |
USS Russell M. Cox (DE-774) was a United States Navy Cannon-class destroyer escort proposed during World War II but never completed.
Russell M. Cox was laid down by the Tampa Shipbuilding Company at Tampa, Florida, on 23 August 1943. The contract for her construction was canceled on 1 September 1944, and the incomplete ship was scrapped.