Name USS Lloyd Thomas Launched Never | Laid down 23 August 1943 Construction started 23 August 1943 | |
Namesake Lieutenant, junior grade, Lloyd Thomas (1912-1942), U.S. Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient Builder Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California Fate Construction cancelled 13 March 1944; scrapped incomplete | ||
The first USS Lloyd Thomas (DE-312) was a United States Navy Evarts-class destroyer escort proposed during World War II but never completed.
Lloyd Thomas was laid down at Mare Island Navy Yard at Vallejo, California, on 23 August 1943. Her construction was cancelled on 13 March 1944.
The name Lloyd Thomas was reassigned to destroyer escort Lloyd Thomas (DE-374).
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