Arrowhead's sister ship, USS Tidewater seen in 1965. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Arrowhead |
Namesake | arrowhead |
Builder | Puget Sound Navy Yard |
Laid down | 1 December 1944 |
Identification | Hull number: AD-35 |
Fate | Cancelled, 11 August 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Shenandoah-class destroyer tender |
Displacement |
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Length | 492 ft (150 m) |
Beam | 69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) |
Draft | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 18.4 knots (34.1 km/h; 21.2 mph) |
Complement | 63 officers, 986 enlisted |
Armament |
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USS Arrowhead (AD-35) was a planned Shenandoah-class destroyer tender of the United States Navy during World War II. [1] She was laid down at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on 1 December 1944. Due to the defeat of Germany, and atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, her construction was cancelled on 11 August 1945, shortly before the war's end. [2]
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