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USS Frank Cable
Submarine tender of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Frank Cable (AS-40) is the second Emory S. Land-class submarine tender built by the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company of Seattle, Washington for the United States Navy.
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Name | USS Frank Cable |
Namesake | Frank Cable |
Awarded | 20 November 1974 |
Builder | Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Laid down | 2 March 1976 |
Launched | 14 January 1978 |
Commissioned | 29 October 1979 |
Homeport | Apra Harbor, Guam |
Motto | PARATA VOLLENSQUE (Prepare Gladly)[1] |
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Status | in active service |
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Class and type | Emory S. Land-class submarine tender |
Tonnage | 9,068 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
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Length | 649 ft (198 m) |
Beam | 85 ft (26 m) |
Draft | 26–29 ft (7.9–8.8 m) |
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Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
Complement | 81 officers, 1,270 enlisted |
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The ship was christened on 14 January 1978 by Mrs. Rose A. Michaelis, wife of Admiral Frederick H. Michaelis, then Chief of Naval Material. The ship is named for Frank Cable, an electrical engineer who had worked as an electrician and trial captain for USS Holland (SS-1).