Fulton-class submarine tender
_underway_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_on_6_December_1984_(6391550).jpg) Fulton (AS-11), 1984
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| Class overview | |
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| Operators | US Navy |
| Built | 1939 – 1945 |
| In commission | 1941 – 1993 |
| Completed | 7 |
| Active | 0 |
| Scrapped | 7 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | submarine tender |
| Displacement | 9,250 long tons (9,400 t) |
| Length | 530 ft 7 in (161.72 m) |
| Beam | 73 ft 4 in (22.35 m) |
| Draft | 22 ft 5 in (6.83 m) |
| Speed | 15.4 kn (17.7 mph; 28.5 km/h) |
| Complement | 1,307 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 4 × 5 in (130 mm) guns |
| Notes | Stats from Fulton |
The Fulton class was a class of United States Navy submarine tenders. The class took its name from the lead ship, USS Fulton (AS-11), which was commissioned 27 December 1940 by Mare Island Navy Yard and sponsored by Mrs. A. T. Sutcliffe, great-granddaughter of Robert Fulton. Fulton was commissioned on 12 September 1941.[1]
Ships in class
| Ship Name | Hull No. | Builder | Commission– Decommission |
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| Fulton | AS-11 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 1941–1991 | DANFS, NVR |
| Sperry | AS-12 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 1942–1982 | DANFS, NVR |
| Bushnell | AS-15 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 1943–1970 | DANFS, NVR |
| Howard W. Gilmore | AS-16 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 1944–1980 | DANFS, NVR |
| Nereus | AS-17 | Puget Sound Navy Yard | 1945–1971 | DANFS, NVR |
| Orion | AS-18 | Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, CA | 1943–1993 | DANFS, NVR |
| Proteus | AS-19 | Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, CA | 1944–1992 | DANFS, NVR |
In 1959-1960, Proteus was converted to a tender for the Polaris Fleet Ballistic Missile submarines, including the addition of a 13.4 m section amidships. All ships of this class have been decommissioned and scrapped.