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USS Arcadia (AD-23)
Tender of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Arcadia.
USS Arcadia was one of four Klondike-class destroyer tenders built at the tail end of World War II for the United States Navy, and the third U.S. Naval vessel to bear that name. Destroyer tenders were typically named after U.S. National Parks. However the destroyer tender AD-23 was apparently misnamed Arcadia in an effort to commemorate Acadia National Park in Maine.
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Name | USS Arcadia |
Builder | Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, San Pedro, California |
Laid down | 6 March 1944 |
Launched | 19 November 1944 |
Commissioned | 13 September 1945 |
Decommissioned | 28 June 1968 |
Stricken | 1 July 1973 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 1 August 1974 |
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Class and type | Klondike-class destroyer tender |
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Length | 492 ft (150 m) |
Beam | 69 ft 8 in (21.23 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) |
Propulsion | Geared turbines, 8,500 shp (6,338 kW) |
Speed | 18.4 knots (34.1 km/h; 21.2 mph) |
Complement | 826 |
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Arcadia was laid down on 6 March 1944 at Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, San Pedro, California; launched on 19 November; sponsored by the widow of Captain Edward L. Beach; fitted out at Terminal Island, San Pedro, California; and commissioned on 13 September 1945.