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| Tonnage | 5775 tons standard displacement |
| Dimensions | 417'9" by 60' by 27'6" 127.33m by 18.29m by 8.38m |
| Maximum speed | 14 knots |
| Complement | 644 |
| Armament | 1 5"/51
gun 4 3"/50 AA guns |
| Machinery |
One shaft De Laval turbine (4000 shp) Two Foster-Wheeler boilers |
The Otus was
completed in 1941 as a Maritime
Commission
standard C1-B cargo ship
converted to a destroyer tender. It
was at Mariveles
when war broke out. Though slightly damaged in the Cavite raid, she escaped the Philippines debacle and survived the war.
References
NavSource.org (accessed 2012-8-4)
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