AKA-100 Oglethorpe

Country: United States

Class, [Type]: Andromeda, [AK].

Builder: Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.

Launch date: 15th April 1945.

Commission date: 6th June 1945.

Decommission date: 1st November 1968.

Displacement ( tons ): 6.556, 13.900 at full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 139,95 x 19 x 8,03

Main machinery: 2 x Foster & Wheeler boilers, 1 x General Electric steam turbine ( 6.000 hp ), 1 x propeller.

Speed ( knots ): 16.

Complement: 425 ( 38 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 127mm/38, 8 x 40mm ( twin mountings ), 16 x 20mm.

Military lift: 4.900 tm, non-refrigerated 444.000 cu.ft., 11.190 barrels of fuel oil.

Callsign: NHLG ()

Awards (as of 01/11/1968): 

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