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&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Vixen_(PG_53).jpg) USS Vixen (PG-53)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Vixen |
| Namesake | Vixen |
| Builder | Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany |
| Launched | 1929 |
| Completed | August 1929 |
| Acquired | by purchase, 13 November 1940 |
| Commissioned | 25 February 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 24 May 1946 |
| Stricken | 3 July 1946 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Gunboat |
| Displacement | 3,774 long tons (3,835 t) |
| Length | 333 ft 2 in (101.55 m) |
| Beam | 46 ft 7 in (14.20 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × 3,600 bhp (2,685 kW) Krupp diesel engines, 2 shafts |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 279 officers and enlisted |
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USS Vixen (PG-53) was a gunboat of the United States Navy during World War II, in which it served as a flagship to the Commanders of the Atlantic Fleet.