AD-24 Everglades

Country: United States

Class, [Type]: Klondike, [AD].

Builder: Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, San Pedro, California, U.S.A.

Launch date: 28th January 1945.

Commission date: 25th May 1951.

Decommission date: 15th August 1970.

Displacement ( tons ): 8.296 light , 11.944 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 150 x 21,23 x 8,31

Main machinery: 2 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers; 1 x General Electric turbine ( 8.500 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 18,4.

Complement: 824 ( 46 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 127mm/38 Mk12, 4 x 76mm/50, 4 x 40mm Bofors ( double mounts ), 20 x 20mm.

Military lift: 17.486 barrels of fuel oil, 4.645 barrels of diesel.

Callsign: NBYQ ()

Awards (as of 15/08/1970):