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USS Great Lakes (AD-30) under construction.jpg
History


Name:
USS Great Lakes
Builder:
Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington
Laid down:
16 April 1945
Fate:
Cancelled 7 January 1946
General characteristics
Type:
Shenandoah-class destroyer tender
Displacement:

  • 11,755 long tons (11,944 t) light

  • 16,880 long tons (17,151 t) full


Length:
492 ft (150 m)
Beam:
69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft:
28 ft (8.5 m)
Propulsion:
Steam turbine, single propeller
Speed:
18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement:
977 officers and enlisted
Armament:

  • 2 × single 5"/38 caliber gun mounts

  • 8 × 40 mm AA guns

  • 22 × 20 mm guns AA guns



USS Great Lakes (AD-30) was a planned Shenandoah class destroyer tender of the United States Navy.


Great Lakes was laid down on 16 April 1945 at the Todd Pacific Shipyard in Seattle. She was cancelled on 7 January 1946, when she was around 20% complete.[1]



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