USS Vogelgesang (DE-284)

History
United States
Name	USS Vogelgesang
Namesake	Rear Admiral Carl Theodore Vogelgesang (1869–1927), a U.S. Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient
Builder	Charleston Navy Yard
Laid down	1943
Launched	Never
Fate	Construction contract cancelled 12 March 1944; scrapped incomplete
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 , 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) (2×1) 4 × 40-mm (2×2) 10 × 20 mm (10×1) 3 × 21-inch torpedo tubes (1×3) 1 Hedgehog depth bomb thrower 8 depth charge projectors (8×1) 2 depth charge racks

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).

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