USS Aldebaran
USS Aldebaran (AF-10), the lead ship of her class of stores ship is the only ship of the United States Navy to have this name. She is named after Aldebaran, a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Taurus.
USS Aldebaran (AF-10) | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
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| Namesake | |
| Operator |
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| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. |
| Yard number | 374 |
| Laid down | 28 November 1938 |
| Launched | 21 June 1939 |
| Acquired | 22 December 1940 |
| Commissioned | 10 January 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 28 June 1968 |
| Stricken | 1 June 1973 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 14 November 1974 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 7,169 GRT, 9,493 DWT |
| Displacement | 13,910 tons |
| Length | 459 ft 3 in (139.98 m) |
| Beam | 63 ft (19 m) |
| Draught | 25 ft 10 in (7.87 m) |
| Installed power | 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
| Propulsion | Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. trubine, Westinghouse double reduction gear set |
| Speed | 16.4 knots |
| Complement | 287 |
| Armament | 1 × 5 in (130 mm), 4 × 3 in (76 mm) |
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