USS Oswald A. Powers

	USS Oswald A. Powers is launched at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, on 17 December 1943.
History
Name	USS Oswald A. Powers
Namesake	Ensign Oswald A. Powers (1915-1942), U.S. Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient
Builder	Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
Laid down	18 November 1943
Launched	17 December 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. Ella M. Powers
Completed	Never
Commissioned	Never
Fate	Construction contract cancelled 7 January 1946; sold for scrap incomplete 17 June 1947
General characteristics
Class and type	John C. Butler-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,350 tons
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	36 ft 8 in (11 m)
Draft	9 ft 5 in (3 m)
Propulsion	2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp; 2 propellers
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h)
Range	6,000 nmi. (12,000 km) @ 12 kt
Complement	14 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament	2 × single 5 in (127 mm) guns; 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns ; 10 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) AA guns ; 1 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes ; 8 × depth charge throwers; 1 × Hedgehog ASW mortar; 2 × depth charge racks;

USS Oswald A. Powers (DE-542) was a United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort launched during World War II but never completed.

The name Oswald A. Powers was assigned to DE–542 on 28 September 1943. Oswald A. Powers was laid down at the Boston Navy Yard at Boston, Massachusetts, on 18 November 1943 and launched on 17 December 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Ella M. Powers, mother of Ensign Oswald A. Powers, the ship's namesake.

Construction of Oswald A. Powers was suspended before she could be completed. On 30 August 1945, she was assigned to the Atlantic Inactive Fleet in an incomplete state. On 7 January 1946, the contract for her construction was cancelled, and the incomplete ship was sold on 17 June 1947^[2] to the John J. Duane Company of Quincy, Massachusetts, for scrapping.

Notes

^ Per an updated entry on the ship in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/o4/oswald_a_powers.htm); NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/542.htm) claims the sale date was 2 July 1946, and it is likely that this is a copy of an incorrect date from the ship's Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships entry before the latter was updated.
^ Per an updated entry on the ship in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/o4/oswald_a_powers.htm); NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/542.htm) claims the sale date was 2 July 1946, and it is likely that this is a copy of an incorrect date from the ship's Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships entry before the latter was updated.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
Navsource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive: USS Oswald A. Powers (DE-542)

[1] Per an updated entry on the ship in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/o4/oswald_a_powers.htm); NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/542.htm) claims the sale date was 2 July 1946, and it is likely that this is a copy of an incorrect date from the ship's Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships entry before the latter was updated.

[2] Per an updated entry on the ship in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/o4/oswald_a_powers.htm); NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/542.htm) claims the sale date was 2 July 1946, and it is likely that this is a copy of an incorrect date from the ship's Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships entry before the latter was updated.

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