USS Vogelgesang (DE-284)

History
United States
NameUSS Vogelgesang
NamesakeRear Admiral Carl Theodore Vogelgesang (1869–1927), a U.S. Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient
BuilderCharleston Navy Yard
Laid down1943
LaunchedNever
FateConstruction contract cancelled 12 March 1944; scrapped incomplete
General characteristics
Class and typeRudderow destroyer escort
Displacement
  • 1,450 tons (standard)
  • 1,810 tons (full load)
Length
Beam36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Draft9 ft 8 in (2.95 m)
Installed power12,000 shaft horsepower (16 megawatts)
Propulsion2 CE boilers, General Electric turbines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed24 knots (44.5 kilometers per hour)
Range5,050 nautical miles (9,353 kilometers) at 12 knots (22.25 kilometers per hour)
Complement12 officers, 192 enlisted men
Armament

USS Vogelgesang (DE-284) was a proposed United States Navy Rudderow-class destroyer escort that was never completed.

Vogelgesang was laid down at the Charleston Navy Yard, sometime in 1943. The contract for her construction was cancelled on 12 March 1944 before she could be launched, and the incomplete ship was scrapped.

The name Vogelgesang was transferred to the destroyer USS Vogelgesang (DD-862).

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