USS New England (AD-32)

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

For other ships with the same name, see USS New England.
History
United States
Name: USS New England
Namesake: New England
Builder: Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Inc., Tampa, Florida
Laid down: 1 October 1944
Launched: Never
Sponsored by: Mrs. Paul H. Bastedo (planned)
Completed: Never
Acquired: Never
Commissioned: Never
Fate: Construction cancelled 12 August 1945; scrapped incomplete
General characteristics
Type: Dixie-class destroyer tender
Displacement:
  • 11,755 long tons (11,944 t) light
  • 16,800 long tons (17,070 t) full
Length: 531 ft (162 m)
Beam: 74 ft (23 m)
Draft: 24 ft (7.3 m)
Propulsion: Steam turbine, two propellers
Speed: 19.6 knots (36.3 km/h; 22.6 mph)
Complement: 1017 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 Check |issn= value (help).
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