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USS Beaver (AS-5) on 20 September 1943
History
USS BeaverUnited States
NameBeaver
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Cost$1,300,000 (hull and machinery)[1]
Acquired1 July 1918 from the San Francisco & Portland Steamship Co.
Commissioned1 October 1918
Decommissioned17 July 1946
Stricken15 August 1946
FateSold 28 August 1950
General characteristics
TypeSubmarine tender
Displacement5,970 long tons (6,070 t)
Length380 ft (120 m)
Beam47 ft (14 m)
Draft21 ft (6.4 m)
Speed16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Complement373 officers and enlisted
Armament
  • 4 × 5 in (130 mm) guns
  • 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns
  • 2 × 1-pounders
  • 2 × machine gun

USS Beaver (AS-5) was a submarine tender which served in the United States Navy from 1918 to 1946.

  1. ^ "Table 21 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 762. 1921.

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