USS William M. Wood (DE-287)
For ships named USS Wood, see USS Wood.
For other ships of the same name, see USS William M. Wood.
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| Name: | USS William M. Wood |
| Namesake: | William Maxwell Wood (1819–1880), a U.S. Navy officer and surgeon, first Surgeon General of the United States Navy and first Medical Director of the U.S. Navy |
| 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 & type: | Rudderow destroyer escort |
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| 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 |
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USS William M. Wood (DE-287) was a proposed United States Navy Rudderow-class destroyer escort that was never built.
Sources differ on William M. Wood's planned builder; plans called for either Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard at Hingham, Massachusetts[1][3][4][5] or the Charleston Navy Yard at Charleston, South Carolina [2] to build her. The contract for her construction was cancelled on 12 March 1944 before construction could begin.
The name William M. Wood was transferred to the destroyer escort USS William M. Wood (DE-557).
Notes
- 1 2 "William M Wood". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command.
- ↑ Colton, Tim (August 11, 2011). "Bethlehem-Hingham, Hingham MA". ShipbuildingHistory.com.
- ↑ Silverstone, Paul (2012). The Navy of World War II, 1922–1947. Routledge. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-135-86472-9.
- ↑ Bauer, Karl Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Naval History: Photographic History Of The U.S. Navy: Destroyer Escorts, Frigates, Littoral Warfare Vessels
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