
Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
AV-5 USS Albemarle
- Curtiss class Aircraft Tender:
- Displacement: 13,880 tons (full load)
- Length: 527'
- Beam: 69'
- Draft: 22'
- Speed: 20 knots
- Armament: 4 5"/38 DP, 3x4 40mm, 2x2 40mm, 2 20mm
- Complement: 1,195
- Geared turbine engines, twins screws, 12,000 shaft hp
- Built at New York Shipbuilding, Camden, N.J., and commissioned 20 December 1940
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July 2, 2000