USS Williams (DE-290)
For other ships of the same name, see USS Williams.
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Williams |
| Namesake: | Rear Admiral George Washington Williams (1869-1925), a U.S. Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient |
| 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 Williams (DE-290) was a proposed United States Navy Rudderow-class destroyer escort that was never built.
Sources differ on Williams '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 Williams was transferred to the destroyer escort USS Williams (DE-372).
Notes
- ↑ Per the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w9/williams-ii.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/williams-ii.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.
