AKS-32 Altair

Country:  United States

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

Builder: Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.

Launch date: 30 May 1944.

Commission date: 15 December 1953.

Decommission date: 02 May 1969.

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

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

Main machinery: 2 x Combustion Engineering boilers, 1 x Westinghouse turbine ( 8.500 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 16,5.

Complement: 250.

Guns: 2 x Boffors 40mm/56.

Callsign: NBEQ ()

Comment: Ex - SS Greenville Victory, Ex - USS AK-258 Altair, Reclassified to AKS-32 Altair in 1953.

Awards (as of 02/05/1969): 

Similar units:

 AK258 Antares
 AK260 Betelgeuse