USS Proteus (AS-19)

USS Proteus (AS-19)
USS Proteus (AS-19) in 1980
History
United States
NamesakeProteus
BuilderMoore Dry Dock Company
Laid down15 September 1941
Launched12 November 1942
Commissioned31 January 1944
Decommissioned26 September 1947
Recommissioned8 July 1960
DecommissionedSeptember 1992
Recommissioned1994, reclassified IX-518
DecommissionedSeptember 1999
Stricken13 March 2001
FateScrapped, 2007
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeFulton-class submarine tender
Displacement9,734 long tons (9,890 t)
Length529 ft 6 in (161.39 m)
Beam73 ft 4 in (22.35 m)
Propulsiondiesel-electric
Speed18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph)
Complement1,487
Armament

The third USS Proteus (AS-19) was a Fulton-class submarine tender in the United States Navy.