USS Abner Read (DD-769) | |
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Career | |
Name: | USS Abner Read |
Namesake: | Abner Read (1821–1863), a United States Navy officer killed during the American Civil War |
Builder: | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California |
Laid down: | 21 May 1944 |
Launched: | Never |
Completed: | Never |
Commissioned: | Never |
Struck: | 13 September 1946 |
Fate: |
Construction contract cancelled 12 September 1946[1] or 13 September 1946[2] Scrapped incomplete on building ways |
General characteristics | |
Displacement: | 3460 tons (Full) |
Length: | 390 ft 6 in (119 m) (overall) |
Beam: | 40 ft 10 in (12.5 m) |
Draft: | 14 ft 4 in (4.4 m) |
Propulsion: |
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Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
Range: |
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Complement: | 336 officers and enlisted |
Armament: |
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For other ships of the same name, see USS Abner Read.
USS Abner Read (DD-769) was a planned United States Navy Gearing-class destroyer laid down during World War II but never completed.
Abner Read was laid down by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation at San Francisco, California on 21 May 1944. The end of World War II in August 1945 resulted in the termination of the contract for her construction on 12 September 1946[3] or 13 September 1946[4] She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 13 September 1946 and scrapped on the building ways.
Notes[]
- ↑ Per the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a1/abner_read.htm)
- ↑ Per NavSource Naval History (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/769.htm)
- ↑ Per the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a1/abner_read.htm)
- ↑ Per NavSource Naval History (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/769.htm)
References[]
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Naval History Photographic History of the United States Navy Destroyer Archive USS Abner Read (DD-769)
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