_moored_in_Pearl_Harbor_with_destroyers_on_8_February_1925.jpg) USS Altair in Pearl Harbor with destroyers, 1925.
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Altair class destroyer tender |
| Builders | Skinner & Eddy |
| Operators |  United States Navy |
| Preceded by | USS Bridgeport (AD-10) |
| Succeeded by | Dixie-class destroyer tender |
| Completed | 3 |
| Retired | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer tender |
| Displacement | 6,250 long tons (6,350 t) |
| Length | 423 ft 9 in (129.16 m) |
| Beam | 54 ft 0 in (16.46 m) |
| Draft | 21 ft 3 in (6.48 m) |
| Propulsion | 2,500 horsepower (1,900 kW) 1-shaft geared turbine |
| Speed | 10.5 knots (12.1 mph; 19.4 km/h) |
| Complement | 590 |
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| Notes | [1] |
The Altair class destroyer tender was a class of three United States Navy destroyer tenders. These ships were built in Skinner & Eddy's Seattle shipyard as commercial cargo ships during World War I, and acquired by the Navy when the shipyard closed in 1921.[2] All three served through World War II, and were decommissioned and scrapped shortly after the war.[1]