Name USS Creamer Sponsored by Mrs. D. E. Creamer Commissioned Never Launched 23 February 1944 | Laid down 5 July 1943 Completed Never Construction started 5 July 1943 Builder Vallejo | |
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Namesake As USS Register Lieutenant Commander Paul J. Register (1899-1941), a U.S. Navy officer killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
As USS Creamer Ensign William W. Creamer (1916-1942), U.S. Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient | ||
USS Creamer (DE-308), ex-USS Register (DE-308), was a United States Navy Evarts-class destroyer escort launched during World War II, but never completed.
Creamer was laid down at Mare Island Navy Yard at Vallejo, California, on 5 July 1943 as USS Register (DE-308). While under construction, she was renamed USS Creamer (DE-308) on 10 September 1943, and the name Register was reassigned to the destroyer escort USS Register (DE-233). Creamer was launched on 23 February 1944, sponsored by Mrs. D. E. Creamer, mother of Ensign William W. Creamer, the ship's namesake.
Construction of Creamer was cancelled on 5 September 1944. She was stored incomplete in the floating drydock USS ARD-21 at Mare Island from 25 September 1944 to 26 April 1945, then docked in floating drydock USS ARD-32 from 9 November 1945 to 16 November 1945, cut in two in preparation for scrapping. She was scrapped at Mare Island.