USS Windhover (ASR-18)

History
United States
Name	USS Windhover
Builder	Savannah Machine & Foundry Co.
Status	Contract cancelled
General characteristics
Class and type	Chanticleer-class submarine rescue ship
Displacement	1,780 long tons (1,809 t)
Length	251 ft 4 in (76.61 m)
Draught	14 ft 3 in (4.34 m)
Speed	16 knots (18 mph; 30 km/h)
Complement	102 officers and enlisted
Armament	2 × 3"/50 caliber guns

USS Windhover (ASR-18) was projected as a Chanticleer-class submarine rescue ship and was to be built at Savannah, Georgia, by the Savannah Machine Foundry; however, because of Japan's collapse, the contract for her construction was cancelled on 12 August 1945.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

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