History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Vesuvius (AE-15) |
Namesake | Mount Vesuvius |
Launched | 26 May 1944 |
Commissioned | 16 January 1945 |
Decommissioned | 20 April 1946 |
Recommissioned | 15 November 1951 |
Decommissioned | 14 August 1973 |
Stricken | 14 August 1973 |
Honors and awards |
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Fate | Scrapped, 1974 |
Badge | |
General characteristics | |
Length | 459 ft 2 in (140 m) |
Beam | 63 ft (19.2 m) |
Draft | 28 ft 3 in (8.6 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
Capacity | 7,700 long tons (7,800 t) deadweight |
Complement | 267 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 4 × 3"/50 caliber guns |
The fourth USS Vesuvius (AE-15) was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1381) by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, N.C.; launched on 26 May 1944; acquired by the United States Navy on 4 July 1944; and commissioned on 16 January 1945.