Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 2 July 1946
Scrapped 1978
General characteristics [1][2][3]
Type
Motor torpedo boat tender
Tonnage
5,124 GRT, 2,851 Net[4]
Displacement
5,236 long tons (5,320 t) light
11,000 long tons (11,177 t) full load
Length
413 ft (126 m)
Beam
60 ft (18 m)
Draft
22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Propulsion
Geared turbine engine, single propeller, 4,000 shp (2,983 kW)
Speed
14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement
289
Armament
1 × single 5"/38 caliber gun
4 × twin 40 mm guns
12 × single 20 mm guns
USS Cyrene (AGP-13) was a motor torpedo boat tender for the United States Navy. She was laid down as Cape Farewell,[note 1] a Maritime Commission type (C1-A) hull under a Maritime Commission contract, at Pusey and Jones Corp., Wilmington, Delaware. Cyrene served in the Pacific from New Guinea to the Philippines from December 1944 to December 1945. The ship was decommissioned and placed in the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in July 1946 then withdrawn from the reserve fleet after sale to American Ship Dismantlers in December 1976.
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^Priolo, Gary P. (13 May 2016). "USS Cyrene (AGP-13)". NavSource Online. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
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