USS Salisbury Sound (AV-13), USN, Navy, Military, Photo

Code Number:: MYNV09P15_12B
Title:: USS Salisbury Sound (AV-13), Currituck-class seaplane tender Ship, USN; Namesake: Salisbury Sound
Builder: Todd Pacific Shipyards
Laid down: 10/04/1943
Launched: 18/06/1944
Commissioned: 26/11/1945
Decommissioned: 31/03/1967
Fate: Sold 07/02/1972
Class & type: Currituck-class seaplane tender
Displacement: 14,000 tons (full load)
Length: 164.72 meters (540 feet 5 inches)
Beam: 21.11 meters (69 feet 3 inches)
Draft: 6.78 meters (22 feet 3 inches)
Propulsion: Steam turbines
4x boilers
2x shafts
12,000 shp (9.0 MW)
Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 684
Armament: 4x 5"/38 DP guns
3x Quad 40 mm guns
4x Dual 40 mm guns
20x 20 mm guns
Service record
Part of: United States Pacific Fleet (1945-1967)
National Defense Reserve Fleet (1967-1972)
Operations: Korean War, Vietnam War
Awards: 4 Campaign stars (Vietnam)
Keywords:: Navy, Military, Armament, Killingry, Weaponry, warfare, Naval, Weapon, Maritime, History, Archives, Historic, Armed Force
Image by:: Charles Hemphill
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