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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Great Lakes (AD-30)

Assigned International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Charlie - Lima NWCL

Shenandoah Class Destroyer Tender:

Laid down, 16 April 1945, at Todd-Pacific Shipyards Inc., Seattle, WA.

Canceled, 7 January 1946

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Design Specifications:
Displacement 11,755 t.(lt) 16,900 t.(fl)
Length 492'
Beam 69' 6"
Draft 28'
Complement

Officers 59

Enlisted 918

Largest Boom Capacity 30 t.

Armament

two single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

twenty-two single 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacities

NSFO 16,105Bbls

Diesel 4,415Bbls

Propulsion

one Westinghouse geared turbine engine

two Foster and Wheeler D-type boilers 435psi 740°

double Westinghouse Main Reduction Gear

Ships Service Generators

four 750Kw 450V A.C.

two 300Kw 120V/240V D.C.

one propeller, 8,500shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	179k	*PCU Great Lakes* (AD-30)** on the building ways at Todd-Pacific Shipyards Inc., Seattle, WA. probably around the time of her cancellation in January 1946. On 31 December 1945 this ship was assessed to be 20.9 per cent complete.US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, photo # unassigned, US Navy photo by Roger Dudley, Seattle, WA.		Robert Hurst

Great Lakes (AD-30)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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