USS Sheehan (DE-541) was a United States Navy

United States Navy

The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

 John C. Butler-class

John C. Butler class destroyer escort

The John C. Butler class destroyer escort originated during World War II. The lead ship was the , commissioned on 31 March 1944. The class was also known as the WGT type from their Westinghouse Geared Turbine drive...

 destroyer escort

Destroyer escort

A destroyer escort is the classification for a smaller, lightly armed warship designed to be used to escort convoys of merchant marine ships, primarily of the United States Merchant Marine in World War II. It is employed primarily for anti-submarine warfare, but also provides some protection...

 launched during World War II

World War II

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 but never completed.

Sheehan was laid down at Boston Navy Yard

Boston Navy Yard

The Boston Navy Yard, originally called the Charlestown Navy Yard and later Boston Naval Shipyard, was one of the oldest shipbuilding facilities in the United States Navy. Established in 1801, it was officially closed as an active naval installation on July 1, 1974, and the property was...

 at Boston, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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, on 8 November 1943 and launched

Ship naming and launching

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 on 17 December 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Catherine Sheehan, mother of Chief Quartermaster

Quartermaster

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 John Francis Sheehan

John Francis Sheehan

John Francis Sheehan was a United States Navy sailor killed in action during World War II for whom a destroyer escort was named during the war.-Naval career:...

, the ship namesake.

Construction of Sheehan 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 wss cancelled, and the incomplete ship was sold on 2 July 1946 to the John J. Duane Company of Quincy

Quincy, Massachusetts

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, Massachusetts, for scrapping.