USS Percival (DD-452) was an experimental United States Navy destroyer who was never laid down and cancelled in 1946.
_in_1943.jpg) USS Hazlewood, who would have had a near identical appearance to Percival
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Percival |
| Namesake | John Percival |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey (proposed) |
| Fate | Construction contract cancelled 7 January 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
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| Beam | 39 ft 7 in (12.07 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) (full load) |
| Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45,000 kW); experimental high pressure boilers; 2 geared steam turbines; 2 screws |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 15 kt |
| Complement | 70 |
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Percival and sistership Watson were planned to be a variation of the Fletcher-class destroyer, with Percival fitted with an experimental high-pressure boiler system and Watson designed to run on diesel engines, compared to the standard design of 4 oil-burning boilers.[1][2][3][4]
She was contracted out to Federal Shipbuilding on 1 July 1940. Like her sistership, more pressing matters delayed their construction and were both canceled on 7 January 1946.[2][5] After cancelation, her novel machinery was installed in USS Timmerman, a modifed Gearing-class destroyer, for testing. Timmerman was able to produce 100,000 shaft horsepower (shp) and a top speed of about 40 knots compared to a standard output of 60,000 shp.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ "Life on a Fletcher Class Destroyer in the 1950's | Naval Historical Foundation". navyhistory.org. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
- ^ a b "Percival II (DD-452)". public2.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
- ^ "Watson (DD-482)". public1.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
- ^ Silverstone, Paul H. (2008). The Navy of World War II, 1922-1947. The U. S. Navy warship series. New York: Routledge. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-415-97898-9.
- ^ "Watson (DD-482)". public2.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
- ^ Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 198. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
- ^ "Timmerman (DD-828)". public2.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.