U.S.S. Denebola
AD-12
1943
(Saratoga Model Yard SMY-72)
- Class: Altair - 1 destroyer tender of 1921
- Displacement: 6,250 tons light / 10,000 tons full load
- Dimensions: 423' (oa) x 54'3" x 20'
- Machinery: 1-shaft steam geared turbine, S.H.P. 2,500 = 12.5 knots
- Armament: 2-5"/51, 4-3"/50, 8-1.1in (2x4) AA, 6-20mm AA guns
- Complement: 632
- Builder: Skinner and Eddy, Seattle, WA
- Launched: 1919
- Acquired: 4 Nov 1921
- Commissioned: 28 Nov 1921 / 6 Apr 1940
- Decommissioned: 9 Aug 1924 / 10 Apr 1946
- Notes: Built as SS Edgewood. Transferred from the USSB and converted for Naval service at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Assigned to both the European and Asiatic-Pacific Theaters during World War II. Laid up in the NDRF at Suisun Bay, CA until sold for scrapping in 1950.
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