USS Octavia
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USS Octavia (AF-46) was an Adria-class stores ship in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946. She was sold into commercial service in 1972 and was scrapped in 2006.
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United States | |
Ordered | as R1-M-AV3 hull, MC hull 2338 |
Laid down | 22 November 1944 |
Launched | 18 January 1945 |
Acquired | 31 May 1945 |
Commissioned | 19 June 1945 |
Decommissioned | 12 August 1946 |
Stricken | 8 October 1946 |
Identification | IMO number: 5395151 |
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General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 2,120 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
Displacement | 3,139 t.(lt) 6,240 t.(fl) |
Length | 338 ft (103 m) |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draught | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
Propulsion | diesel engine, single screw, 1,700shp |
Speed | 12 kts. (max) |
Complement | 84 |
Armament | one single 3 in (76 mm) dual purpose gun mount, six single 20 mm gun mounts |
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