USS Harold J. Ellison (DE-545)

History
United States
NameUSS Harold J. Ellison
NamesakeEnsign Harold John Ellison (1917-1942), a U.S. Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient
BuilderBoston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
Laid downdate unknown
LaunchedNever
CommissionedNever
Fate
  • Construction contract cancelled 10 June 1944
  • Scrapped incomplete
General characteristics
Class and typeJohn C. Butler-class destroyer escort
Displacement1,350 tons
Length306 ft (93 m)
Beam36 ft 8 in (11 m)
Draft9 ft 5 in (3 m)
Propulsion2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp; 2 propellers
Speed24 knots (44 km/h)
Range6,000 nmi. (12,000 km) @ 12 kt
Complement14 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament

USS Harold J. Ellison (DE-545) was a proposed World War II United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never completed.

Harold J. Ellison's keel was laid at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts. However, her construction was cancelled on 10 June 1944 before she could be launched. The incomplete ship was scrapped.

The name Harold J. Ellison was reassigned to the destroyer USS Harold J. Ellison (DD-864).

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