USS Castle (DD-720) [SEP] vessel class
USS Castle (DD-720)
USS "Castle" (DD-720) was a planned United States Navy destroyer laid down during World War II but never completed. It was to be named for Guy W. S. Castle (1879-1919), a United States Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient.
"Castle" was laid down on 11 July 1945 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company at Newark, New Jersey. The end of World War II in August 1945 resulted in the termination of the contract for her construction
by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, NJ, towed to Bath, ME in December 1946 to be completed by Bath Iron Works. Commissioned 19 March 1949.
- USS "Castle" (DD-720) – scrapped incomplete
- USS "Woodrow R. Thompson" (DD-721) – scrapped incomplete
- (Three more – DD-891, DD-892 and DD-893 – were cancelled before names were given)
- Destroyer Escorts
- USS "Corbesier" (DE-438)
- Maritime Commission tankers converted into escort carriers