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General characteristics
Class and type
Fulton-class submarine tender
Displacement
9,250 long tons (9,400 t)
Length
530 ft 7 in (161.72 m)
Beam
73 ft 4 in (22.35 m)
Draft
22 ft 5 in (6.83 m)
Speed
15.4 kn (17.7 mph; 28.5 km/h)
Complement
1,307 officers and enlisted
Armament
4 × 5"/38 caliber gun (127 mm) guns
USS Sperry (AS-12) was a Fulton-class submarine tender in the United States Navy. She was named for Elmer Sperry.
Sperry was laid down on 1 February 1941 at the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California; launched on 17 December 1941, just 10 days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; sponsored by Mrs. Helen Sperry Lea, daughter of Elmer Ambrose Sperry; and commissioned on 1 May 1942, Captain Robert H. Smith in command.
USSSperry (AS-12) was a Fulton-class submarine tender in the United States Navy. She was named for Elmer Sperry. Sperry was laid down on 1 February 1941...
navigational gyroscope was tested that same year in USS Delaware (BB-28). After successful tests, Sperry's gyrocompass was soon being installed on American...
Sperry, an American film released in 2009 USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697), a former US Navy destroyer USSSperry (AS-12), Fulton-class submarine tender in...
Defiance (LSD-31) USSSperry (AS-12) USS Thomaston (LSD-28) USS Vancouver (LPD-2) USCGC Glacier (WAGB-4) USS Holland (AS-32) USS Nereus (AS-17) USS Reclaimer (ARS-42)...
USSSperry (AS-12) from May 1942 until September 1942 and the USS Silversides (SS-236) from September 1942 to April 1943. He also served on the USS Sunfish...
1911, in Washington, D.C. The destroyer USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697) was named for him. "Burial Detail: Sperry, Charles S". ANC Explorer. United States...
on board was Captain Robert Holmes Smith, formerly in command of the USSSperry (AS-12) submarine tender, and recently promoted to Commander of Squadron...
pg. 377. Amber Books, London. ISBN 9781905704439 USS Orion (AS-18)US Navy USSSperry tendertale.com USS GriffinUS Navy Brokaw, Tom (December 7, 2006). "Pearl...
Francisco (SSN-711) USS Pasadena (SSN-752) USS Annapolis (SSN-760) USS Dixon (AS-37) — Submarine Tender USS McKee (AS-41) — Submarine Tender USSSperry (AS-12) —...
warships of World War II. After his death in 1930, the Navy named the USSSperry after him. Meanwhile, in 1913, C. Plath (a Hamburg, Germany-based manufacturer...
diesel-electric submarines during the war and commissioned a new submarine tender, USSSperry (AS-12), near its end. To support these ships, the Navy reorganized its...
1939 USS Tuna – sank 4 ships in 13 World War II Pacific patrols 1939 USS Gudgeon – sank 11 ships in 12 World War II Pacific patrols 1941 USSSperry – submarine...
San Diego on 12 February 1946 and went alongside the submarine tender USSSperry (AS-12) for repairs. After a week of refresher training, Brill departed...
floating submarine base in the atoll. The submarine tenders: USSSperry (AS-12) and USS Sumner (AGS-5) were stationed in the atoll to supply the submarines...
floating submarine base in the atoll. The submarine tenders: USSSperry (AS-12) and USS Beaver were stationed in the atoll to supply the submarines. While...
depot ship for Subron 2. HMS Talbot was the Malta submarine depot ship. USSSperry was depot ship for Squadron 10 at Brisbane, Pearl Harbor, Majuro and Guam...
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supported by the submarine tenders: USS Howard W. Gilmore (AS-16), USS Bushnell (AS-15), USS Argonne (AS-10), and USSSperry (AS-12). To keep US Navy destroyer...
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