USS Williams (DE-372)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Williams |
| Namesake | George Washington Williams |
| Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation |
| Laid down | 5 June 1944 |
| Launched | 22 August 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. E. Willoughby Middleton |
| Commissioned | 11 November 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 4 June 1946 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1967 |
| Fate | Sunk as target off California 29 June 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | John C. Butler-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement | 1,350 long tons (1,372 t) |
| Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft 8 in (11.18 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp (8,900 kW); 2 propellers |
| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 14 officers, 201 enlisted |
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USS Williams (DE-372) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was finally sunk as a target in 1968.