AD-18 Sierra

Country: United States

Class, [Type]: Dixie, [AD].

Builder: Tampa Shipbuilding, Florida, U.S.A.

Launch date: 23rd February 1941.

Commission date: 20th March 1944.

Decommission date: 15th October 1993.

Displacement ( tons ): 14.037 light , 17.176 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 161,7 x 22,3 x 7,8

Main machinery: 4 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers; 2 x Allis-Chalmers steam turbine ( 11.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 19,6.

Complement: 1.076 ( 73 officers ).

Guns: WWII configuration: 4 x 127mm/38, 8 x 40mm ( 4 x double mountings ), 23 x 20mm; Later: 4 x Mk67 20mm.

Military lift: Non refrigerated cargo: 7.334 m3; refrigerated cargo: 1.643 m3.

Radar: Surface Search: 1 x Raytheon SPS-10; Navigation: 1 x ?.

Callsign: NAOD ()

Comment: Sunk as target 18th November 2003.

Awards (as of 15/10/1993): 

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