_underway,_circa_in_the_1970s.jpg) USS Kittiwake (ASR-13)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Namesake | The kittiwake, any of several gulls of the genus Rissa, found along the coast of North America |
| Launched | 10 July 1945 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Howard S. Rue, Jr. |
| Commissioned | 18 July 1946 |
| Decommissioned | 30 September 1994 |
| Stricken | 30 September 1994 |
| Fate | Sunk as artificial reef in January 2011 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Chanticleer-class submarine rescue vessel |
| Displacement | 1,780 tons |
| Length | 251 ft 4 in (76.61 m) |
| Draught | 14 ft 3 in (4.34 m) |
| Speed | 16 knots |
| Complement | 102 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | .50 caliber machine gun |
USS Kittiwake (ASR-13) was a United States Navy Chanticleer-class submarine rescue vessel in commission from 1946 to 1994.