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ALBACORE (AGSS 569)

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UIC:05580
Class:AGSS 569 Fleet:
Status:Donated as a Museum and Memorial Homeport:
Date status changed:05/03/1985 Berth:
Maintenance Category:
Force: MARAD Type:
Builder: NAV SY/PORTSMOUTH
Delivery Date:03/15/1954
Award Date:11/24/1950 Age (since delivery) (At time of disposal):31.2 years
Keel Date:03/15/1952 Commission Date:12/06/1953
Launch Date:08/01/1953 Inactivation Date:
Age (since launch)(At time of disposal)31.8 years Decommission Date:12/09/1972
Years from Commission to Decommission: 19.0
Stricken Date: 05/01/1980

Overall Length: 204 ft Waterline Length:200 ft
Extreme Beam:27 ft Waterline Beam:
Maximum Navigational Draft:22 ft Draft Limit:
Light Displacement:1240 tons Full Displacement:1540 tons
Dead Weight:300 tons
Hull Material: Steel hull, steel superstructure.
Number of Propellers: 1
Number of Waterjets:
Propulsion Type:
Accommodations: Officers: 5 Enlisted: 49

Remarks: ALBACORE IS LOCATED AT THE PORT OF PORTSMOUTH MARITIME MUSEUM & ALBACORE PARK, 6
00 MARKET STREET, PORTSMOUTH, NH. SHE IS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HIST
ORIC PLACES, REF. NO. 89001077 AND DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK ON 4/
11/1989.





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