USS William R. Rush (DE-288)

History
Name: USS William R. Rush
Namesake: William R. Rush (1857-1940), a U.S. Navy officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor and Navy Cross
Builder: Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts[1][lower-alpha 1] (proposed)
Laid down: Never
Fate: Construction contract cancelled 12 March 1944
General characteristics
Class and type: Rudderow destroyer escort
Displacement:
  • 1,450 tons (standard)
  • 1,810 tons (full load(
Length:
Beam: 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Draft: 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m)
Installed power: 12,000 shaft horsepower (16 megawatts)
Propulsion: 2 CE boilers, General Electric turbines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots {44.5 kilometers per hour)
Range: 5,050 nautical miles (9,353 kilometers) at 12 knots (22.25 kilometers per hour)
Complement: 12 officers, 192 enlisted men
Armament:

USS William R. Rush (DE-288) was a proposed United States Navy Rudderow-class destroyer escort that was never built.

Sources differ on William R. Rush's planned builder; plans called for either Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard at Hingham, Massachusetts[1][2][3][4][lower-alpha 1] to build her. The contract for her construction was cancelled on 12 March 1944 before construction could begin.

The name William R. Rush was transferred to the destroyer escort USS William R. Rush (DE-556).

Notes

  1. 1 2 or the Charleston Navy Yard at Charleston, South Carolina according to NavSource.org

References

  1. 1 2 "William R. Rush". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command.
  2. ↑ Colton, Tim (11 August 2011). "Bethlehem-Hingham, Hingham MA". ShipbuildingHistory.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014.
  3. ↑ Silverstone, Paul (2012). The Navy of World War II, 1922-1947. Routledge. p. 107. ISBN 9781135864729.
  4. ↑ Bauer, Karl Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 233. ISBN 9780313262029.
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