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AGP-13 Cyrene

Acontius Class Motor Torpedo Boat Tender: : Laid down, as Cape Farewell, a Maritime Commission type (C1-A) hull under a Maritime Commission contract, at Pusey and Jones Corp., Wilmington, DE.; Launched, 8 February 1944; Acquired by the Navy, 28 April 1944; Commission USS Cyrene (AGP-13), 27 September 1944; Decommissioned, struck from the Naval Register, and transferred to the Maritime Commission, 2 July 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet; Final disposition, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 5,236t.(lt) 11,000 t.(fl); Length 413'; Beam 60'; Draft 22' 6"; Speed 14kts; Complement 289; Armament one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four twin 40mm gun mounts, 12 single 20mm gun mounts; Propulsion, geared turbine engine, single propeller, 4,000shp.

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