USS Myles C. Fox (DE-546)
For other ships of the same name, see USS Myles C. Fox.
For the United States Marine Corps officer and Navy Cross recipient, see Myles C. Fox.
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Myles C. Fox |
| Namesake: | First Lieutenant Myles C. Fox (1918-1942), a U.S. Marine Corps officer and Navy Cross recipient |
| Builder: | Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts (proposed) |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | Never |
| Commissioned: | Never |
| Fate: | Construction contract cancelled 10 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 |
USS Myles C. Fox (DE-546) was a proposed World War II United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never completed.
Myles C. Fox was to have been built at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts. However, her construction was cancelled on 10 June 1944.
The name Myles C. Fox was reassigned to the destroyer USS Myles C. Fox (DD-829).
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
