USS Recruit (TDE-1)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Recruit.

USS Recruit (TDE-1/TFFG-1) at Liberty Station (Formerly Naval Training Center), San Diego.
History
United States
NameUSS Recruit (TDE-1)
BuilderUSN
Commissioned1949, 1982
Decommissioned1967, 1997
Nickname(s)USS Neversail[1]
FateMuseum ship
General characteristics
Length225 ft 0 in (68.58 m)
Beam24 ft 4 in (7.42 m)
Draft0 ft 0 in (0 m)
Propulsionnone
SpeedN/A
ComplementN/A
Armamentunarmed

32°43′42″N 117°12′59″W / 32.72847°N 117.21632°W / 32.72847; -117.21632

USS Recruit (TDE-1, later TFFG-1) was a landlocked "dummy" training ship of the United States Navy, located at the Naval Training Center in the Point Loma area of San Diego, California. She was built to scale, two-thirds the size of a Dealey-class destroyer escort, and was commissioned on July 27, 1949.[2] Recruit was commissioned for 18 years, for much of that period the only landlocked ship to hold that status in the U.S. Navy. After the closure of the Naval Training Center, she sat empty for the better part of 20 years, finally being opened to the public as a museum ship in 2023.[3]

  1. ^ Palen, James (September 18, 2014). "USS Recruit restoration aimed to make old trainer ship-shape". The Daily Transcript. San Diego. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  2. ^ "quarterdeck.org". Archived from the original on February 8, 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Faurot was invoked but never defined (see the help page).