USS Willard Keith (DE-754)
For other ships with the same name, see USS Willard Keith.
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| Name: | USS Willard Keith |
| Namesake: | Captain Willard Woodward Keith, Jr., (1920-1942), U.S. Marine Corps Navy Cross recipient |
| Builder: | Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California |
| Laid down: | 14 September 1943 |
| Launched: | Never |
| Fate: | Construction cancelled 2 October 1943; scrapped incomplete |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Cannon-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement: | 1,240 tons |
| Length: | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 8 in (11.18 m) |
| Draft: | 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) |
| Speed: | 21 knots |
| Complement: | 186 |
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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).
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Naval History: Destroyer Escorts, Frigates, Littoral Warfare Vessels
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