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AG-25 Potomac

AG-25 Potomac

Country: United States United States

Builder: Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

Launch date: 30 June 1934.

Decommission date: 15 November 1945.

Displacement ( tons ): 376 light, 423 at full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 50 x 7,24 x 2,46

Main machinery: 2 x Winton Model 6-158 diesels ( 1.340 hp ), 2 x propellers.

Speed ( knots ): 13.

Complement: 45.

Guns: Originally armed with a 76mm/23 anti-aircraft gun.

Callsign: NEJP (NovemberEchoJulietPapa)

Comment: Ex - US Coast Guard Electra ( WPC-187 ). Commissioned by the US Navy in 1936 for use as a presidential yatch.

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