USS William R. Rush (DE-288)

For other ships with the same name, see USS William R. Rush.

History
Name:	USS William R. Rush
Namesake:	William R. Rush (1857-1940), a U.S. Navy officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor and Navy Cross
Builder:	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts (proposed)
Laid down:	Never
Fate:	Construction contract cancelled 12 March 1944
General characteristics
Class & 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/70 (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

USS William R. Rush (DE-288) was a proposed United States Navy Rudderow-class destroyer escort that was never built.

Sources differ on William R. Rush's planned builder; plans called for either Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard at Hingham, Massachusetts to build her. The contract for her construction was cancelled on 12 March 1944 before construction could begin.

The name William R. Rush was transferred to the destroyer escort USS William R. Rush (DE-556).

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