&sq=&lang=&file=File:Passaic_(AN-87).jpg) USS Passaic (AN-87)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Passaic |
| Namesake | City of Passaic, New Jersey |
| Builder | Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
| Laid down | 25 April 1944 |
| Launched | 29 June 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Sam H. North |
| Commissioned | 6 March 1945 |
| Decommissioned | March 1947, San Diego, California |
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| Identification |
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| Fate | Transferred to the Dominican Republic, September 1976 |
 Dominican Republic | |
| Name | Calderas |
| Acquired | September 1976[1] |
| Identification | P209 |
| Status | in active service, as of 2007[update][1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Cohoes-class net laying ship |
| Displacement | 775 tons |
| Length | 168 ft 6 in (51.36 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 10 in (9.70 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric, 2,500 hp (1,900 kW) |
| Speed | 12.3 knots (22.8 km/h; 14.2 mph) |
| Complement | 46 officers and enlisted |
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USS Passaic (YN-113/AN-87) was a Cohoes-class net laying ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was commissioned in March 1945 and spent her entire career in the Pacific Ocean. She was decommissioned in March 1947 and placed in reserve. She was sold to the Dominican Republic in September 1976, as patrol vessel Calderas (P209). As of 2007[update], Calderas remained active in the Dominican Navy.
- ^ a b Wertheim, Eric, ed. (2007). "Dominican Republic". The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (15th ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-59114-955-2. OCLC 140283156.