Name USS Willard Keith Launched Never Construction started 14 September 1943 Displacement 1.125 million kg | Laid down 14 September 1943 Length 93 m Weight 1,260 tons | |
Namesake Captain Willard Woodward Keith, Jr., (1920-1942), U.S. Marine Corps Navy Cross recipient Fate Construction cancelled 2 October 1943; scrapped incomplete Class and type Cannon-class destroyer escort Builders Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro | ||
The first USS Willard Keith (DE-754) was a United States Navy Cannon-class destroyer escort proposed during World War II but never completed.
Willard Keith was laid down by the Western Pipe and Steel Company at San Pedro, California, on 14 September 1943. Her construction was cancelled on 2 October 1943 before she could be launched. The incomplete ship was scrapped.
The name Willard Keith was reassigned to destroyer escort Willard Keith (DE-314).
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