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|  ONI 222 |
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Tonnage |
6100 tons light displacement |
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Dimensions |
417' by 53' by 23' 127.1m by 16.2m by 7.0m |
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Maximum speed |
11.5 knots |
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Complement |
292 |
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Armament |
1 5"/51
gun 4 3"/50 AA guns 8 20mm Oerlikon AA guns |
| Machinery |
1-shaft Fletcher-Parsons geared turbine (2800 shp) 4 Heine boilers |
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Bunkerage |
1500 tons fuel oil |
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Cargo |
3170 deadweight tons 153,956 cubic feet (4360 m3) refrigerated 90,977 cubic feet (2576 m3) unrefrigerated |
The Arctics were
completed in 1921 as purpose-built
Navy provisions storeships. They had refrigerated holds for storing
foodstuffs for
replenishing the combat fleet.
| San Francisco | |
| San Francisco |
References
NavSource.org
(accessed 2007-4-27)
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