Name USS George M. Campbell Completed Never Construction started 23 August 1943 Length 93 m | Laid down 23 August 1943 Commissioned Never Launched 1944 Weight 1,260 tons | |
Namesake Lieutenant, junior grade, George M. Campbell, (1907-1942), U.S. Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient Builder Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Tampa, Florida | ||
USS George M. Campbell (DE-773) was a United States Navy Cannon-class destroyer escort proposed during World War II but never completed.
George M. Campbell was laid down by the Tampa Shipbuilding Company at Tampa, Florida, on 23 August 1943. She was launched in 1944.
Before George M. Campbell could be completed, her construction contract was canceled on 11 September 1944. The incomplete ship was placed in non-commissioned service on 25 October 1944 for towing to Charleston, South Carolina, where she was stripped for spare parts and later scrapped.
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