History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Metomkin (AVP-47) |
Namesake | Metomkin Island in Virginia |
Builder | Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington (proposed) |
Laid down | Never |
Fate | Construction contract cancelled 29 April 1943 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Barnegat-class small seaplane tender |
Displacement |
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Length | 311 ft 8 in (95.00 m) |
Beam | 41 ft 1 in (12.52 m) |
Draught | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
Installed power | 6,000 horsepower (4.48 megawatts) |
Propulsion | Diesel engines, two shafts |
Speed | 18.6 knots (34.4 km/h) |
Complement |
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Sensors and processing systems | Radar; sonar |
Armament | Probably either 2 x 5-inch (127 mm) 38-caliber guns, 4 x 20-mm antiaircraft guns, and 2 x depth charge tracks, or 1 x 5-inch (127 mm) 38-caliber gun, 1 x quadruple 40-mm antiaircraft gun mount, 2 x twin 40-mm gun mounts, 6 x 20-mm antiaircraft guns, and 2 x depth charge tracks |
Aviation facilities | Supplies, spare parts, fuel, repairs, and berthing for one seaplane squadron; 80,000 US gallons (300,000 L) aviation fuel |
What would have been the first USS Metomkin (AVP-47) was a proposed United States Navy seaplane tender that was never laid down.