&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USAPRS_Thomas_F_Farrell_Jr.jpg) Sister ship USAPRS Thomas F. Farrell, Jr. underway off the East Coast of the United States, 26 August 1944. US National Archives photo # 80-G-420158 RG-80-G, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Ordered |
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| Builder | Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. |
| Laid down | 24 April 1944 |
| Launched | 13 September 1944 |
| Stricken | 13 September 1944 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,677 t.(lt), 5,202 t.(fl) |
| Length | 269 ft 10 in (82.25 m) |
| Beam | 42 ft 6 in (12.95 m) |
| Draft | 20 ft 9 in (6.32 m) |
| Propulsion | diesel, single shaft, 1,300shp |
| Speed | 10 kts. |
| Complement | 83 |
| Armament | 3 in (76 mm) dual purpose gun mount |
Tucana (AK-88)[Note 1] was never commissioned and thus never bore the USS designation.[1] She was transferred upon launching on 13 September 1944 to the U.S. Army[2] as the U.S. Army Engineer Port Repair ship Arthur C. Ely.[3]
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- ^ Naval History & Heritage Command. "Ship Naming in the United States Navy". Naval History & Heritage Command. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ Naval History & Heritage Command. "Tucana". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History & Heritage Command. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ Grover, David (1987). U.S. Army Ships and Watercraft of World War II. Naval Institute Press. pp. 133–137. ISBN 0-87021-766-6.