USS Howard W. Gilmore
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USS Howard W. Gilmore (AS-16) was a Fulton-class submarine tender in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1980. She was scrapped in 2006.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Howard W. Gilmore (AS-16) |
Namesake | Howard W. Gilmore |
Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard |
Launched | 16 September 1943 |
Commissioned | 24 May 1944 |
Decommissioned | 30 September 1980 |
Stricken | 1 December 1980 |
Motto | Service for the silent service |
Fate | Scrapped, March 2006 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fulton-class submarine tender |
Displacement | 9,250 long tons (9,398 t) |
Length | 529 ft 6 in (161.39 m) |
Beam | 73 ft 4 in (22.35 m) |
Draft | 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) |
Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 1,303 |
Armament | 4 × 5 in (130 mm) guns |
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