Name USS John J. Van Buren Sponsored by Mrs. J. J. Van Buren Length 93 m Weight 1,260 tons | Laid down 31 August 1943 Completed Never Construction started 31 August 1943 Displacement 1.125 million kg | |
Namesake Lieutenant, junior grade, John J. Van Buren, (1915-1942), U.S. Navy officer and recipient of the Navy Cross and Distinguished Flying Cross Launched 16 January 1944 or 26 March 1944 Builders Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro | ||
USS John J. Van Buren (DE-753) was a United States Navy Cannon-class destroyer escort proposed during World War II but never completed.
John J. Van Buren was laid down by the Western Pipe and Steel Company at San Pedro, California, on 18 August 1943. She was launched on either 16 January 1944 or 26 March 1944, sponsored by Mrs. J. J. Van Buren, the widow of the ship's namesake, Lieutenant, junior grade, John J. Van Buren.
Before John J. Van Buren 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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