USS Williams (DE-290)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Williams.

USS Williams (DE-290) was a proposed United States Navy Rudderow-class destroyer escort that was never built.

History
United States
Name	USS Williams
Namesake	Rear Admiral George Washington Williams (1869-1925), a U.S. Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts or Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina (proposed)
Laid down	Never
Fate	Construction contract cancelled 12 March 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Rudderow destroyer escort
Displacement	1,450 tons (standard) 1,810 tons (full load)
Length	306 ft (93 m) overall 300 ft (91 m) waterline
Beam	36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Draft	9 ft 8 in (2.95 m)
Installed power	12,000 shaft horsepower (16 megawatts)
Propulsion	2 CE boilers, General Electric turbines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed	24 knots (44.5 kilometers per hour)
Range	5,050 nautical miles (9,353 kilometers) at 12 knots (22.25 kilometers per hour)
Complement	12 officers, 192 enlisted men
Armament	2 × 5-inch 38-cal (127-millimeter) (2x1) 4 × 40-mm (2x2) 10 × 20 mm (10x1) 3 × 21-inch torpedo tubes (1x3) 1 Hedgehog depth bomb thrower 8 depth charge projectors (8x1) 2 depth charge racks

Sources differ on Williams's planned builder; plans called for either Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard at Hingham, Massachusetts or the Charleston Navy Yard at Charleston, South Carolina to build her. The contract for her construction was cancelled on 12 March 1944 before construction could begin.

The name Williams was transferred to the destroyer escort USS Williams (DE-372).

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 U.S. Navy: Destroyer Escorts, Frigates, Littoral Warfare Vessels