USS Fulton in 1942
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Fulton |
Namesake | Robert Fulton |
Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard |
Launched | 27 December 1940 |
Commissioned | 12 September 1941 |
Decommissioned | 3 April 1947 |
Recommissioned | 10 April 1951 |
Decommissioned | 30 September 1991 |
Stricken | 20 December 1991 |
Honors and awards |
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Fate | Sold for scrap 17 November 1995 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fulton-class submarine tender |
Displacement | 9,250 long tons (9,400 t) |
Length | 529 ft 6 in (161.39 m) |
Beam | 73 ft 4 in (22.35 m) |
Draft | 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) |
Installed power | 12,000 hp (8,900 kW)[1] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 kn (23 mph; 37 km/h)[3] |
Range | 12,000 nmi (14,000 mi; 22,000 km) at 16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h)[4] |
Complement | 1,303 |
Armament | 4 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal dual purpose guns |
USS Fulton (AS-11) was the leader of her class of seven submarine tenders,[5] launched on 27 December 1940 by Mare Island Navy Yard and sponsored by Mrs. A. T. Sutcliffe, great-granddaughter of Robert Fulton. Fulton was commissioned on 12 September 1941.