USS Sutton (DE-286)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Sutton.

History
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/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 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 or the Charleston Navy Yard at Charleston, South Carolina 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).

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