USS Kenneth D. Bailey (DE-552)

USS Kenneth D. Bailey (DE-552) was a proposed World War II United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never completed.

The name Kenneth D. Bailey was assigned to DE-552 on 30 November 1943. Plans called for her to be built at the Boston Navy Yard at Boston, Massachusetts, but the contract for her construction was cancelled on 10 June 1944.

On 8 July 1944, the name Kenneth D. Bailey was reassigned to the destroyer USS Kenneth D. Bailey (DD-713).