Name USS Paul G. Baker Length 93 m | Completed Never Weight 1,260 tons | |
Namesake Lieutenant, junior grade, Paul G. Baker, (1910-1942), U.S. Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient Builder Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California Fate Construction suspended 1944; scrapped incomplete Class and type Cannon-class destroyer escort | ||
USS Paul G. Baker (DE-755) was a United States Navy Cannon-class destroyer escort proposed during World War II but never completed.
The construction contract for Paul G. Baker was cancelled in 1944 before she could be completed. The incomplete ship was scrapped.
The name Paul G. Baker was transferred to the destroyer escort USS Paul G. Baker (DE-642).
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