AS-36 L.Y. Spear

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: L.Y. Spear, [AS].

Builder: General Dynamics Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Launch date: 07 September 1967.

Commission date: 22 February 1970.

Decommission date: 06 September 1996.

Displacement ( tons ): 14.362 light, 23.396 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 196 x 25,9 x 8,8

Main machinery: 2 x Foster-Wheeler boilers; 2 x General Electric steam turbine ( 22.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 20.

Range ( miles ): 10.000 at 12 knots.

Complement: 1.348 ( 96 officers ).

Guns: 4 x 12,7mm.

Radar: Surface Search: 1 x Raytheon SPS-10; Navigation: 1 x Raytheon SPS-64(V)9.

Callsign: NASO ()

Homeport: Norfolk.

Awards (as of 06/09/1996): 

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