USS Cross

History
United States
Laid down	19 March 1944
Launched	4 July 1944
Commissioned	8 January 1945
Decommissioned	14 June 1946
In service	1st Naval District, 6 June 1951
Out of service	2 January 1958
Stricken	1 July 1966
Fate	Sold for scrapping 5 March 1968
General characteristics
Displacement	1,350 long tons (1,372 t)
Length	306 ft (93 m) overall
Beam	36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Draft	13 ft 4 in (4.06 m) maximum
Propulsion	2 boilers, 2 geared steam turbines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h)
Range	6,000 nmi at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement	14 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament	2 × 5 in (130 mm) 4 × 40 mm AA (2 × 2) 10 × 20 mm guns AA 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1 × Hedgehog 8 × depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Cross (DE-448) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946 and from 1951 to 1958. She was sold for scrapping in 1968.