USS Proteus (AS-19) in 1980
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History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Proteus |
Builder | Moore Dry Dock Company |
Laid down | 15 September 1941 |
Launched | 12 November 1942 |
Commissioned | 31 January 1944 |
Decommissioned | 26 September 1947 |
Recommissioned | 8 July 1960 |
Decommissioned | September 1992 |
Recommissioned | 1994, reclassified IX-518 |
Decommissioned | September 1999 |
Stricken | 13 March 2001 |
Fate | Scrapped, 2007 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Fulton-class submarine tender |
Displacement | 9,734 long tons (9,890 t) |
Length | 529 ft 6 in (161.39 m) |
Beam | 73 ft 4 in (22.35 m) |
Propulsion | diesel-electric |
Speed | 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph) |
Complement | 1,487 |
Armament |
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The third USS Proteus (AS-19) was a Fulton-class submarine tender in the United States Navy.