Name USS Russell M. Cox Completed Never Construction started 23 August 1943 Displacement 1.125 million kg | Laid down 23 August 1943 Length 93 m Weight 1,260 tons | |
Namesake Ensign Russell M. Cox, (1919-1942), U.S. Navy officer killed in action in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal Fate Construction contract cancelled 1 September 1944; scrapped incomplete Class and type Cannon-class destroyer escort Builder Tampa Shipbuilding Company | ||
USS Russell M. Cox (DE-774) was a United States Navy Cannon-class destroyer escort proposed during World War II but never completed.
Russell M. Cox was laid down by the Tampa Shipbuilding Company at Tampa, Florida, on 23 August 1943. The contract for her construction was canceled on 1 September 1944, and the incomplete ship was scrapped.
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