USS New England (AD-32)

For other ships with the same name, see USS New England.

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

History
United States
Name	USS New England
Namesake	New England
Builder	Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Inc., Tampa, Florida
Laid down	1 October 1944
Launched	Never
Sponsored by	Mrs. Paul H. Bastedo (planned)
Completed	Never
Acquired	Never
Commissioned	Never
Fate	Construction cancelled 12 August 1945; scrapped incomplete
General characteristics
Type	Dixie-class destroyer tender
Displacement	11,755 long tons (11,944 t) light 16,800 long tons (17,070 t) full
Length	531 ft (162 m)
Beam	74 ft (23 m)
Draft	24 ft (7.3 m)
Propulsion	Steam turbine, two propellers
Speed	19.6 knots (36.3 km/h; 22.6 mph)
Complement	1017 officers and enlisted
Armament	2 × single 5"/38 caliber gun mounts 8 × single 40 mm AA gun mounts 12 × single 20 mm guns AA gun mounts

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]