USS William R. Rush (DE-288)
For other ships of the same name, see USS William R. Rush.
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS William R. Rush |
| Namesake: | William R. Rush (1857-1940), a U.S. Navy officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor and Navy Cross |
| 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 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Rudderow destroyer escort |
| Displacement: | 1,450 tons (standard) 1,810 tons (full load( |
| Length: | 306 ft (93 m) overall 300 ft (91 m) waterline |
| 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 |
| Armament: | 2 x 5-inch 38-cal (127-millimeter) (2x1) 4 x 40-mm/70 (2x2) 10 x 20 mm (10x1) 3 x 21-inch torpedo tubes (1x3) 1 Hedgehog depth bomb thrower 8 depth charge projectors (8x1) 2 depth charge racks |
USS William R. Rush (DE-288) was a proposed United States Navy Rudderow-class destroyer escort that was never built.
Sources differ on William R. Rush 's planned builder; plans called for either Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard at Hingham, Massachusetts[3] or the Charleston Navy Yard at Charleston, South Carolina [4] to build her. The contract for her construction was cancelled on 12 March 1944 before construction could begin.
The name William R. Rush was transferred to the destroyer escort USS William R. Rush (DE-556).
Notes
- ↑ Per the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w9/william_r_rush.htm)
- ↑ Per the NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/06idx.htm)
- ↑ Per the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w9/william_r_rush.htm)
- ↑ Per the NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/06idx.htm)
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
