Name USS Walter X. Young Builder Dravo Corporation | Laid down Never | |
Namesake First Lieutenant Walter X. Young (1918-1942), a U.S. Marine Corps officer and Navy Cross recipient Fate Construction contract cancelled 12 March 1944 Class and type Rudderow destroyer escort Displacement 1,450 tons (standard)
1,810 tons (full load( | ||
USS Walter X. Young (DE-723) was a proposed United States Navy Rudderow-class destroyer escort that was never built.
The name Walter X. Young was approved for DE-723 on 7 February 1944. Plans called for her to be built by the Dravo Corporation at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. However, before work on the ship began, the contract for her construction was cancelled on 12 March 1944 in order to free the Dravo shipyard for the building of landing craft.
The name Walter X. Young was reassigned to another Rudderow-class destroyer escort, USS Walter X. Young (DE-715), which was converted during construction into the fast transport USS Walter X. Young (APD-131).
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