History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Builder | Levingston Shipbuilding Company, Orange, Texas |
Launched | 10 October 1942 |
Commissioned | 3 May 1943 |
Stricken | 1 May 1946 |
Fate | Returned to US Navy, transferred to Belgian Congo Otraco, deleted 1999 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 852 tons light |
Length | 165 ft 5 in (50.42 m) |
Beam | 33 ft 4 in (10.16 m) (extreme) |
Draught | 15 ft 10 in (4.83 m) (limiting) |
Propulsion | triple-expansion reciprocating steam engines, single screw, 1,600 hp |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 52 |
Armament |
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .