USS New England (AD-32)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name: | USS New England |
| Namesake: | New England, the northeast section of the United States comprising Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut |
| Builder: | Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Inc., Tampa, Florida |
| Laid down: | 1 October 1944 |
| Launched: | Never |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Paul H. Bastedo (planned) |
| Completed: | Never |
| Acquired: | Never |
| Commissioned: | Never |
| Fate: | Construction cancelled 12 August 1945; scrapped incomplete |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Shenandoah-class destroyer tender |
| Displacement: |
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| Length: | 531 ft (162 m) |
| Beam: | 74 ft (23 m) |
| Draft: | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbine, two propellers |
| Speed: | 19.6 knots (36.3 km/h; 22.6 mph) |
| Complement: | 1017 officers and enlisted |
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USS New England (AD-32), was a planned destroyer tender of the United States Navy during World War II.
Originally planned as a submarine tender and designated AS-28, New England was reclassified as a destroyer tender and redesignated AD-32 on 14 August 1944; she was named New England on 2 September 1944. The New England-class was to be a modified Dixie class destroyer tender.[1]
New England was laid down on 1 October 1944 by the Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Inc., at Tampa, Florida. She was scheduled to be launched on 1 April 1946 with Mrs. Paul H. Bastedo as her sponsor, but the ship's construction was cancelled on 12 August 1945 when she was 12 % complete, due to the end of World War II.[2]
References
- ↑ Stefan Terzibaschitsch: 70 Jahre Flottenhilfsschiffe der U.S. Navy. Leonberg, Germany, p. 23 and p. 144
- ↑ "USS New England (AD-32)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
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External links
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS): New England (AD-32)