USS Williams (DE-290)

History
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 & 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 × 5-inch 38-cal (127-millimeter) (2x1) 4 × 40-mm/70 (2x2) 10 × 20 mm (10x1) 3 × 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^[1] 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 Williams was transferred to the destroyer escort USS Williams (DE-372).

Notes

1. "Williams III". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command.
2. Per the NavSource Online

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