USS Ault (DD-698)
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USS Ault (DD-698), 30 May 1944
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 United States
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| Namesake: | William B. Ault |
| Builder: | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
| Laid down: | 15 November 1943 |
| Launched: | 26 March 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 31 May 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 16 July 1973 |
| Struck: | 1 September 1973 |
| Fate: | Sold 30 April 1974 and broken up for scrap. |
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| Class and type: | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 3,218 tons (full) |
| Length: | 376.5 ft (114.8 m) |
| Beam: | 41 ft (12.5 m) |
| Draft: | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | 60,000 shp (45 MW); GE geared turbines, 2 screws |
| Speed: | 36.5 knots (68 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,300 nmi (6,100 km) @ 20 kt |
| Complement: | 336 |
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USS Ault (DD-698) was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Commander William B. Ault, air group commander aboard Lexington. Commander Ault was declared missing in action on 8 May 1942 after leading an air attack in the Battle of the Coral Sea and was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his action in the battle.
Built by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey Ault was laid down 15 November 1943, launched 26 March 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Margaret Ault, Commander Ault's widow. Ault was commissioned 31 May 1944, Commander Joseph C. Wylie in command.
After fitting out, the destroyer departed New York on 10 July 1944 for shakedown training in the Caribbean. She returned to New York for post-shakedown availability and to complete preparations for the long cruise to join the action in the Pacific. Acting as an escort for Wilkes-Barre, Ault sailed on 6 September for Trinidad. Detached from escort duty upon her arrival, she transited the Panama Canal and proceeded independently via San Diego to Pearl Harbor where she arrived on 29 September.
After three months of intensive training in Hawaiian waters, the warship got underway on 18 December and headed west to join Vice Admiral John S. McCain's Fast Carrier Task Force. After a refueling stop at Eniwetok on Christmas Day, Ault entered Ulithi Lagoon on 28 December 1944 and, along with her sister ships of Destroyer Squadron 62 (DesRon 62), reported to Rear Admiral Gerald F. Bogan for duty in the escort screen of Task Group 38.2 (TG 38.2).
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