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USS Firedrake (AE-14) in 1963
History
USS FiredrakeUnited States
Launched12 May 1944
Commissioned
  • 27 December 1944
  • 11 October 1951
Decommissioned
  • 21 February 1946
  • 19 March 1971
Motto"in omnia paratus"
FateScrapped 1978
Badge
General characteristics
Length459 ft 2 in (140 m)
Beam63 ft (19.2 m)
Draught28 ft 3 in (8.6 m)
Propulsion
  • Geared turbine
  • 1 × shaft
  • 6,000 shp (4.5 MW)
Speed16 knots (30 km/h)
Capacity7,700 long tons (7,800 t) deadweight
Complement267 officers and enlisted

USS Firedrake (AE-14) was a Mount Hood-class ammunition ship in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946 and from 1951 to 1971. She was scrapped in 1978.

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