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USS Hoel (DD 768)

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Name
  
USS Hoel

Laid down
  
21 April 1944

Construction started
  
21 April 1944

Namesake
  
William R. Hoel

Struck
  
13 September 1946

Fate
  
Construction contract cancelled 13 September 1946 Scrapped incomplete on building ways

Class and type
  
Gearing-class destroyer

Builder
  
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation

USS Hoel (DD-768) was a planned United States Navy Gearing-class destroyer laid down during World War II but never completed. The ship was to be named after William R. Hoel (1824-1879), a United States Navy officer Navy Cross recipient.

Hoel was laid down by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation at San Francisco, California on 21 April 1944. The end of World War II in August 1945 resulted in the termination of the contract for her construction on 13 September 1946. She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register that day and scrapped on the building ways.

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USS Hoel (DD-768) Wikipedia