USS Sutton (DE-286)

History
United States
Name	USS Sutton
Namesake	Ensign Shelton B. Sutton, Jr., (1919-1942), a U.S. Navy officer killed in action during World War II
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 & 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;

USS Sutton (DE-286) was a proposed United States Navy Rudderow-class destroyer escort that was never built.

Sources differ on Sutton's planned builder; plans called for either Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard at Hingham, Massachusetts^[1] or the Charleston Navy Yard at Charleston, South Carolina^[2] to build her. The contract for her construction was cancelled on 12 March 1944 before construction could begin.

The name Sutton was transferred to the destroyer escort USS Sutton (DE-771).

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