USS Vixen (PG-53)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Vixen.
USS Vixen (PG-53) was a gunboat of the United States Navy during World War II, in which it served as a flagship to the Commanders of the Atlantic Fleet.
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USS Vixen (PG-53) | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Vixen |
Namesake | Vixen |
Builder | Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany |
Launched | 1929 |
Completed | August 1929 |
Acquired | by purchase, 13 November 1940 |
Commissioned | 25 February 1941 |
Decommissioned | 24 May 1946 |
Stricken | 3 July 1946 |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Gunboat |
Displacement | 3,774 long tons (3,835 t) |
Length | 333 ft 2 in (101.55 m) |
Beam | 46 ft 7 in (14.20 m) |
Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × 3,600 bhp (2,685 kW) Krupp diesel engines, 2 shafts |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 279 officers and enlisted |
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