Name USS Willard Keith Launched Never | Laid down 22 January 1944 Construction started 22 January 1944 | |
Namesake Captain Willard Woodward Keith, Jr., (1920-1942), U.S. Marine Corps Navy Cross recipient Builder Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California Fate Construction cancelled 13 March 1944; scrapped incomplete | ||
The second USS Willard Keith (DE-314) was a United States Navy Evarts-class destroyer escort proposed during World War II but never completed.
Willard Keith was laid down at Mare Island Navy Yard at Vallejo, California, on 22 January 1944. Her construction was cancelled on 13 March 1944.
The name Willard Keith was reassigned to destroyer Willard Keith (DD-775).
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