AK-260 Betelgeuse

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Greenville Victory, [AK].

Builder: California Shipbuilding Company, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Launch date: 10 April 1944.

Commission date: 15 April 1952.

Decommission date: 15 January 1971.

Displacement ( tons ): 4.512 standard, 15.589 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 139 x 19 x 8,89

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

Speed ( knots ): 16,5.

Complement: 145.

Guns: 8 x Oerlikon 20mm.

Callsign: NXIA ()

Comment: Ex - SS Columbia Victory.

Awards (as of 15/01/1971): 

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