History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Zenobia |
Namesake | The asteroid Zenobia |
Builder | Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island |
Laid down | 12 May 1945 |
Launched | 6 July 1945 |
Commissioned | 6 August 1945 |
Decommissioned | 7 May 1946 |
Stricken | 30 November 1946 |
Fate | Sold to Chile, 9 December 1946 |
Chile | |
Name | Presidente Pinto |
Acquired | 9 December 1946 |
Decommissioned | 1962 |
Fate | Believed scrapped about 1974 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Artemis-class attack cargo ship |
Type | S4–SE2–BE1 |
Displacement |
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Length | 426 ft (130 m) |
Beam | 58 ft (18 m) |
Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
Speed | 16.9 knots (31.3 km/h; 19.4 mph) |
Complement | 303 officers and enlisted |
Armament |
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USS Zenobia (AKA-52) was an Artemis-class attack cargo ship in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946. She was then sold to Chile, where she served as Presidente Pinto (AKA-41) until 1966. She was scrapped in 1974.