&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:USS_Vulcan_AR-5_Norfolk_1992.jpeg) USS Vulcan in June 1992
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Vulcan |
| Namesake | Vulcan |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down | 16 December 1939 |
| Launched | 14 December 1940 |
| Commissioned | 14 June 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 30 September 1991 |
| Stricken | 28 July 1992 |
| Honors and awards | 1 battle star (World War II) |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 2006 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Vulcan-class repair ship |
| Displacement | 12,911 long tons (13,118 t) |
| Length | 530 ft (160 m) |
| Beam | 73 ft 4 in (22.35 m) |
| Draft | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Speed | 19.2 knots (35.6 km/h; 22.1 mph) |
| Complement | 1,297 |
| Armament |
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USS Vulcan (AR-5) was the lead ship of her class of repair ships of the United States Navy. The ship was laid down on 16 December 1939 at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation; launched on 14 December 1940; sponsored by Mrs. James Forrestal, wife of the Under Secretary of the Navy; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 14 June 1941.[1]