USS Lloyd Thomas (DE-374)
For other ships of the same name, see USS Lloyd Thomas.
| Career (US) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Lloyd Thomas |
| Namesake: | Lieutenant, junior grade, Lloyd Thomas (1912-1942) U.S. Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient |
| Builder: | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas (proposed) |
| Laid down: | Never |
| Fate: | Construction cancelled 6 June 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | John C. Butler-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement: | 1,350 tons |
| Length: | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 8 in (11 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 5 in (3 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp; 2 propellers |
| Speed: | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,000 nmi. (12,000 km) @ 12 kt |
| Complement: | 14 officers, 201 enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns (2×1) 4 × 40 mm AA guns (2×2) 10 × 20 mm AA guns (10×1) 3 × 21 in. torpedo tubes (1×3) 8 × depth charge projectors 1 × depth charge projector (hedgehog) 2 × depth charge tracks |
The second USS Lloyd Thomas (DE-374) was a proposed United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never built.
Lloyd Thomas was scheduled to be built at Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas, during World War II. However, her construction was cancelled on 6 June 1944.
The name Lloyd Thomas was reassigned to destroyer USS Lloyd Thomas (DD-764).
External links
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
