Name USS Curtis W. Howard Completed Never Launched 26 March 1944 Weight 1,260 tons | Laid down 18 August 1943 Construction started 18 August 1943 Length 93 m | |
Namesake Lieutenant, junior grade, Curtis W. Howard, (1917-1942), U.S. Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient Builder Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California Sponsored by Mrs. Prudence W. Wohleb | ||
USS Curtis W. Howard (DE-752) was a United States Navy Cannon-class destroyer escort proposed during World War II but never completed.
DE-752 was laid down by the Western Pipe and Steel Company at San Pedro, California, on 18 August 1943 and named USS Curtis W. Howard (DE-752) on 3 September 1943. She was launched on 26 March 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Prudence W. Wohleb, the mother of the ship's namesake, Lieutenant, junior grade, Curtis W. Howard.
Before Curtis W. Howard could be completed, her construction was suspended on 6 June 1944 and cancelled on 1 September 1944. The incomplete ship was scrapped.
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