USS Curtis W. Howard (DE-752)
 USS Curtis W. Howard (DE-752) was a United States Navy Cannon-class destroyer escort proposed during World War II but never completed.DE-752 was laid down by the Western Pipe and Steel Company at San Pedro California on 18 August 1943 and named USS Curtis W. Howard (DE-752) on 3 September 1943. She was launched on 26 March 1944 sponsored by Mrs. Prudence W. Wohleb the mother of the ship's namesake Lieutenant junior grade Curtis W. Howard.Before Curtis W.