USS "Walter X. Young" (DE-723) was a proposed United States Navy "Rudderow"-class destroyer escort that was never built.
The name "Walter X. Young" was approved for DE-723 on 7 February 1944. Plans called for her to be built by the Dravo Corporation at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. However, before work on the ship began, the contract for her construction was cancelled on 12 March 1944 in order to free the Dravo shipyard for the building of landing craft.
The name "Walter X. Young" was reassigned to another "Rudderow"-class destroyer escort, USS "Walter X. Young" (DE-715), which was converted during construction into the fast transport USS "Walter X. Young" (APD-131).