
Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
AV-16 USS St. George
- Kenneth Whiting class Aircraft Tender:
- Displacement: 12,610 tons (full load)
- Length: 491'
- Beam: 70'
- Draft: 21' (mean, at full load)
- Speed: 17 knots
- Armament: 2 5"/38 DP, 2x2 40mm, 2x4 40mm, 16 20mm
- Complement: 1,077
- Geared turbine engines, single screw, 8.500 shaft hp
- Built at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding, Tacoma, Wash., and commissioned 24 July 1944
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November 20, 2001