History
United States
Name	USS William M. Wood
Namesake	William Maxwell Wood (1819-1880), a U.S. Navy officer and surgeon, first Surgeon General of the United States Navy and first Medical Director of the U.S. Navy
Builder	Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts (proposed)
Laid down	Never
Fate	Construction contract cancelled 10 June 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	John C. Butler-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,350 tons
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	36 ft 8 in (11 m)
Draft	9 ft 5 in (3 m)
Propulsion	2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp; 2 propellers
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h)
Range	6,000 nmi. (12,000 km) @ 12 kt
Complement	14 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament	2 × single 5 in (127 mm) guns 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns 10 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) AA guns 1 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 8 × depth charge throwers 1 × Hedgehog ASW mortar 2 × depth charge racks

USS William M. Wood (DE-557) was a proposed World War II United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never built.

William M. Wood was to have been built at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts. Her construction contract was cancelled on 10 June 1944.

The name William M. Wood was reassigned to the destroyer USS William M. Wood (DD-715).

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• Navsource Naval History: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy: Destroyer Escorts, Frigates, Littoral Warfare Vessels