USS FRANK CABLE (AS 40)
SUBMARINE TENDER
VESSEL STATUS
Class:		AS 39				UIC:		20865
Status:		Active, in commission				Fleet:		U.S. PACIFIC FLEET
Date Status Changed:		10/29/1979				Homeport:		NAVAL BASE, GUAM
Maintenance Category:						Berth:
Force:		Support Force
Builder:		Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction Co.
MILESTONE DATES
Award Date:		11/20/1974				Commission Date:		10/29/1979
Keel Date:		03/02/1976				Inactivation Date:
Launch Date:		01/14/1978				Decommission Date:
Age (since Launch)		41.0				Years from Commission to Decommission:
Delivery Date:		09/28/1979				In-Service Date:
Age (since Delivery)		39.3				Out of Service Date:
						Stricken Date:
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Overall Length:		644 ft				Waterline Length:		620 ft
Extreme Beam:		85 ft				Waterline Beam:		85 ft
Max Navigational Draft:		26 ft				Draft Limit:		29 ft
Light Displacement:		13911 tons				Full Displacement:		22978 tons
Dead Weight:		9067 tons
Hull Material:			Steel hull, steel superstructure.
No. of Propellers:		1
No. of Waterjets:
Propulsion Type:			Steam Turbine
Accommodations:			Officers:		81
			Enlisted:		1270
PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS
Custodian:			MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND
Planning Yard:			Military Sealift Command
Nuclear Planning Yard:
Ships Program Manager:		PMS 470
Comments:
Last Updated:		05/30/2018
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