USS Walter X. Young
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USS Walter X. Young has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, but only one that was actually completed and served in the Navy:
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- USS Walter X. Young (DE-723)USS Walter X. Young (DE-723)USS Walter X. Young was a proposed United States Navy Rudderow-class destroyer escort that was never built.The name Walter X. Young was approved for DE-723 on 7 February 1944. Plans called for her to be built by the Dravo Corporation at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
a Rudderow-class destroyer escort whose construction order was canceled in 1944 - USS Walter X. Young (DE-715), a Rudderow-class destroyer that was escort converted during construction into the fast transport Walter X. Young (APD-131)USS Walter X. Young (APD-131)USS Walter X. Young was a ship of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Walter X. Young , an officer of the United States Marine Corps who was killed in action during the Battle of Guadalcanal....
. - USS Walter X. Young (APD-131)USS Walter X. Young (APD-131)USS Walter X. Young was a ship of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Walter X. Young , an officer of the United States Marine Corps who was killed in action during the Battle of Guadalcanal....
, a Crosley-class fast transport in commission from 1945 to 1946
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- USS YoungUSS YoungTwo ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Young, the first for John Young , a captain in the Continental Navy, and the second for Rear Admiral Lucien Young ....