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2. Yellowstone-class destroyer tender - Wikipedia

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   Propulsion. Steam Turbines. Speed. 20 knots. Complement. 87 Officers 1508 Enlisted. Armament. 6 .50 caliber machine guns, 2 20mm cannons, 2 40mm grenade launchers. The Yellowstone class was a class of four destroyer tenders in service with the United States Navy from 1980 to 1996.

3. MIM-104 Patriot - Wikipedia

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   PAC-2 GEM+: 5,630 km/h (3,500 mph) PAC-3: 6,170 km/h (3,830 mph) The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary such system used by the United States Army and several allied states. It is manufactured by the U.S. defense contractor Raytheon and derives its name from the radar component of the weapon system.

4. Destroyer tender - Wikipedia

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   A destroyer tender or destroyer depot ship is a type of depot ship: an auxiliary ship designed to provide maintenance support to a flotilla of destroyers or other small warships. The use of this class has faded from its peak in the first half of the 20th century as the roles and weaponry of small combatants have evolved (in conjunction with ...

5. Barnegat-class seaplane tender - Wikipedia

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   The gun battery varied greatly, being envisioned originally as two 5-inch (127-millimeter) 38-caliber guns, being expanded to an assigned total of four such guns in 1942. Few ships mounted four of these guns, and batteries of three, two, or one 5-inch guns were mounted during World War II, accompanied by various combinations of 40-millimeter ...

6. USS Dixie (AD-14) - Wikipedia

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   4 x 5 in (130 mm) /38 cal. The second USS Dixie (AD-14) was the first of destroyer tenders class built for the United States Navy just before the start of the Second World War. Her objective was to assist destroyers within the vicinities of areas of engagement and to maintain them service-worthy. Dixie was launched on 27 May 1939 by New York ...

7. USCG seagoing buoy tender - Wikipedia

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   The ships were 172 feet (52.4 m) in length, 32 feet (9.8 m) beam with 11 feet 6 inches (3.5 m) draft displacing 1,130 tons. [2] Early mine planters, at first termed "torpedo planters," had been modeled after USLHS vessels which had similar requirements for handling heavy loads alongside the vessels so that mine planters were easily converted to ...

8. Currituck-class seaplane tender - Wikipedia

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   [5] [4] This gave the seaplane tenders a maximum speed of 19.2 knots (35.6 km/h; 22.1 mph). [3] [5] [b] The vessels had a wartime complement of 1,247 including 162 officers. During peacetime, the ship's had a complement of 553 including 30 officers. [6] The vessels had a hangar for seaplanes and could operate up to two full squadrons.

9. USS Tangier (AV-8) - Wikipedia

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   The second USS Tangier (AV-8) was a Maritime Commission type C-3 cargo ship, converted to a seaplane tender in the United States Navy during World War II.The ship, the first of the C-3s to be launched and significant in a revival of Pacific coast shipbuilding, was launched 15 September 1939 and delivered to the Maritime Commission as Sea Arrow.