Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, San Pedro, California
Launched
28 January 1945
Commissioned
25 May 1951
Decommissioned
15 August 1970
Stricken
24 May 1989
Fate
Sold for scrapping, 4 September 1991
General characteristics
Class and type
Klondike-class destroyer tender
Displacement
8,165 long tons (8,296 t) light
11,755 long tons (11,944 t) full
Length
492 ft (150 m)
Beam
69 ft 8 in (21.23 m)
Draft
27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Propulsion
Geared turbines, 8,500 shp (6,338 kW)
Speed
18.4 knots (34.1 km/h; 21.2 mph)
Complement
826
Armament
1 × 5"/38 caliber gun
4 × 3"/50 caliber guns
4 × 40 mm AA guns
20 × 20 mm guns
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