USS Anthedon (AS-24,) moored pierside at the US Submarine Base, Fremantle, Australia, while refitting Pacific Fleet submarines, 26 January 1945.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Anthedon |
Namesake | Anthedon |
Ordered | as type (C3-S-A2) hull, MC hull 858 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Laid down | 6 May 1943 |
Launched | 15 October 1943 |
Commissioned | 17 December 1943 (reduced commission) |
Decommissioned | 30 December 1943 |
Commissioned | 15 September 1944 (full commission) |
Decommissioned | 21 September 1946 |
Stricken | c.1968–1969 |
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Fate | Sold to Turkey, 7 February 1969 |
Turkey | |
Name | Donatan |
Acquired | 7 February 1969 |
Identification | A-583 |
Fate | Scrapped, date unknown |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Aegir-class submarine tender |
Displacement | 16,500 long tons (16,800 t) (full) |
Length | 492 ft 6 in (150.11 m) |
Beam | 69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) |
Draft | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 18.4 kn (34.1 km/h; 21.2 mph) |
Complement | 82 Officers 1,378 Enlisted |
Armament |
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USS Anthedon (AS-24) was an Aegir-class submarine tender of the United States Navy during World War II.