USS New England (AD-32), was a planned destroyer tender of the United States Navy during World War II.

Originally planned as a submarine tender and designated AS-28, New England was reclassified as a destroyer tender and redesignated AD-32 on 14 August 1944; she was named New England on 2 September 1944. The New England-class was to be a modified Dixie class destroyer tender.[1]

New England was laid down on 1 October 1944 by the Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Inc., at Tampa, Florida. She was scheduled to be launched on 1 April 1946 with Mrs. Paul H. Bastedo as her sponsor, but the ship's construction was cancelled on 12 August 1945 when she was 12% complete, due to the end of World War II.[2]

References

  1. ^ Stefan Terzibaschitsch: 70 Jahre Flottenhilfsschiffe der U.S. Navy. Leonberg, Germany, p. 23 and p. 144
  2. ^ "USS New England (AD-32)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2016-02-28.

Bibliography

  • Egan, Robert S. & Roberts, Stephen S. (1977). "USS New England AD-32". Warship International. XIV (3): 229–238. ISSN 0043-0374.
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