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Tonnage |
5240 tons light displacement 14,550 tons fully loaded |
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Dimensions |
441'6" by 56'11" by 28'4" 134.57m by 17.35m by 8.64m |
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Maximum speed |
12.5 knots |
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Complement |
193 |
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Armament |
1 5"/38
dual
purpose gun 4 3"/50 AA guns |
| Machinery |
1-shaft Iron Fireman triple-expansion
reciprocating engines (2500 shp) Two Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
| Bunkerage | 2060 tons fuel oil |
| Range | 17,000 nautical miles (31,000 km) at 11 knots |
| Cargo | 5900 tons 220,166 cubic feet (6234 m3) |
The Acubens were Liberty Ships chartered by the
Navy on a bare-boat basis to serve as floating warehouses in distant
ports.
| completed 1944-3-4 (Portland) | |
| Volans | arrived 1944-5-18 |
| arrived 1944-8 | |
| Kochab | arrived 1944-12-21 |
| Hesperia | arrived 1945-5-25 |
| arrived 1945-6-14 | |
| arrived 1945-6-7 |
References
NavSource (accessed 2007-3-17)
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