USS New England (AD-32)

USS New England (AD-32), was a planned destroyer tender of the United States Navy during World War II.

History
United States
NameUSS New England
NamesakeNew England
BuilderTampa Shipbuilding Company, Inc., Tampa, Florida
Laid down1 October 1944
LaunchedNever
Sponsored byMrs. Paul H. Bastedo (planned)
CompletedNever
AcquiredNever
CommissionedNever
FateConstruction cancelled 12 August 1945; scrapped incomplete
General characteristics
TypeDixie-class destroyer tender
Displacement
  • 11,755 long tons (11,944 t) light
  • 16,800 long tons (17,070 t) full
Length531 ft (162 m)
Beam74 ft (23 m)
Draft24 ft (7.3 m)
PropulsionSteam turbine, two propellers
Speed19.6 knots (36.3 km/h; 22.6 mph)
Complement1017 officers and enlisted
Armament

Originally planned as a submarine tender and designated AS-28, New England was reclassified as a destroyer tender and redesignated AD-32 on 14 August 1944; she was named New England on 2 September 1944. The New England-class was to be a modified Dixie class destroyer tender.[1]

New England was laid down on 1 October 1944 by the Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Inc., at Tampa, Florida. She was scheduled to be launched on 1 April 1946 with Mrs. Paul H. Bastedo as her sponsor, but the ship's construction was cancelled on 12 August 1945 when she was 12% complete, due to the end of World War II.[2]

References

  1. Stefan Terzibaschitsch: 70 Jahre Flottenhilfsschiffe der U.S. Navy. Leonberg, Germany, p. 23 and p. 144
  2. "USS New England (AD-32)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2016-02-28.

Bibliography

  • Egan, Robert S. & Roberts, Stephen S. (1977). "USS New England AD-32". Warship International. XIV (3): 229–238. ISSN 0043-0374.
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