USS Paul G. Baker (DE-755)

History
Name	USS Paul G. Baker
Namesake	Lieutenant, junior grade, Paul G. Baker, (1910-1942), U.S. Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient
Builder	Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California
Completed	Never
Fate	Construction suspended 1944; scrapped incomplete
General characteristics
Class and type	Cannon-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,240 tons
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	36 ft 8 in (11.18 m)
Draft	8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
Speed	21 knots
Complement	186
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns (3×1); 2 × 40 mm Bofors AA guns (1x2); 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns (8×1); 3 × Torpedo tubes for 21-inch Mark 15 torpedo (1×3); 8 × depth charge projectors; 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar; 2 x depth charge tracks;

USS Paul G. Baker (DE-755) was a United States Navy Cannon-class destroyer escort proposed during World War II but never completed.

The construction contract for Paul G. Baker was cancelled in 1944 before she could be completed. The incomplete ship was scrapped.

The name Paul G. Baker was transferred to the destroyer escort USS Paul G. Baker (DE-642).

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