History
United States
Name	USS Watson
Namesake	Rear Admiral John Crittenden Watson (1842–1923)
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey (proposed)
Fate	Construction contract cancelled 7 January 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Fletcher-class destroyer
Displacement	2,325 tons (standard) 2,924 tons (full load)
Length	369 ft 1 in (112.50 m) waterline 376 ft 5 in (114.73 m) oa
Beam	39 ft 7 in (12.07 m)
Draft	13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) (full load)
Propulsion	Experimental diesel system, 2 shafts
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 15 kt
Complement	70
Armament	5 × 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns 1 × quad 1.1-inch (28 mm) autocannon mount 4 × 20 mm guns 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor	Side: 0.75 inch (19 mm) Deck over machinery: 0.5 inch (12.7 mm)

USS Watson (DD-482) was a United States Navy destroyer which was never laid down, her construction contract being cancelled in 1946.

Watson was planned as a modified Fletcher-class destroyer to be built by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company at Kearny, New Jersey. She was to be powered by an experimental diesel propulsion system. However, due to more pressing World War II destroyer construction programs, Watson was never laid down, and her construction contract was ultimately cancelled on 7 January 1946.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• Chesneau, Roger. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. New York: Mayflower Books, Inc., 1980. ISBN 0-8317-0303-2.