&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Prairie_(AD-15)_at_anchor_in_the_1960s.jpg) USS Prairie
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Prairie |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 7 December 1938 |
| Launched | 9 December 1939 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Samuel M. Robinson |
| Commissioned | 5 August 1940 |
| Decommissioned | 26 March 1993 |
| Stricken | 26 March 1993 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Dixie-class destroyer tender |
| Displacement | 16,500 tons |
| Length | 530.5 ft (161.7 m) |
| Beam | 73.3 ft (22.3 m) |
| Draft | 24.5 ft (7.5 m) |
| Speed | 18 knots (33.3 km/h) |
| Complement | 698 officers and men |
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USS Prairie (AD–15) was a Dixie-class destroyer tender built just before the start of World War II for the U.S. Navy. Her task was to service destroyers in, or near, battle areas and to keep them fit for duty. Prior to U.S. entry into World War II, Prairie cruised between Atlantic ports from Colon, C.Z. to Argentia, Newfoundland. She was docked at Naval Station Argentia, tending Allied ships, on 7 December 1941 as the first direct blows of World War II struck the United States.
She was laid down 7 December 1938 by New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey; launched 9 December 1939; sponsored by Mrs. Samuel M. Robinson; and commissioned 5 August 1940.