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AF-23 Cygnus

Cygnus Class Stores Ship: Built in 1925 as La Perla at Cammell Laird, Liverpool, England; Acquired by the US Navy, 12 August 1942; Commissioned USS Cygnus (AF-23), 11 August 1942; Decommissioned, 18 July 1946, at New York, NY and transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal the same day; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown).

Specifications: Displacement 7,171 t.(fl); Length 336' 3"; Beam 48'; Draft 23' 8"; Speed 13.2kts (max); Complement, 112; Armament two single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts, two single 20mm gun mounts; Propulsion, Reciprocating engine, single screw, 1,975shp.

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