AD-27 Yellowstone

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Shenandoah, [AD].

Builder: Todd-Pacific Shipyards Inc., Tacoma, Washington, U.S.A.

Launch date: 12 April 1945.

Commission date: 16 January 1945.

Decommission date: 11 September 1974.

Displacement ( tons ): 11.944 light , 17.151 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 150 x 21,18 x 8,5

Main machinery: 2 x Foster Wheeler boilers; 1 x Westinghouse turbine ( 8.500 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 18.

Complement: 977 ( 59 officers ).

Guns: 2 x 127mm/38 Mk12, 8 x 40mm Bofors ( double mounts ), 12 x 20mm.

Military lift: 16.105 barrels of fuel oil, 4.415 barrels of diesel.

Callsign: NWBY ()

Awards (as of 11/09/1974): 

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