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USS Rehoboth (AVP-50)
Oceanographic survey ship from 1948 to 1970 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Rehoboth.
The second USS Rehoboth (AVP-50/AGS-50) was in commission in the United States Navy as a seaplane tender from 1944 to 1947 and as an oceanographic survey ship from 1948 to 1970.
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Name | USS Rehoboth |
Namesake | Rehoboth Bay in Delaware |
Builder | Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington |
Laid down | 3 August 1942 |
Launched | 8 November 1942 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. R. P. McConnell |
Commissioned | 23 February 1944 |
Decommissioned | 30 June 1947 |
Recommissioned | 2 September 1948 |
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Decommissioned | 15 April 1970 |
Stricken | 15 April 1970 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping September 1970 |
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Displacement | 1,766 tons (2,592 tons trial) |
Length | 310 ft 9 in (94.72 m) |
Beam | 41 ft 2 in (12.55 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) (lim.) |
Installed power | 6,000 horsepower (4.48 megawatts) |
Propulsion | Diesel engines, two shafts |
Speed | 18.2 knots (33.7 km/h) |
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Sensors and processing systems | Radar; sonar |
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Aviation facilities | As seaplane tender: Supplies, spare parts, repairs, and berthing for one seaplane squadron; 80,000 US gallons (300,000 L) aviation fuel |
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