USS Arequipa
Arequipa in 1951 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Ordered | as R1-M-AV3 hull, MC hull 2195 |
| Laid down | 17 January 1944 |
| Launched | 4 May 1944 |
| Acquired | 19 December 1944 |
| Commissioned | 14 January 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 25 August 1955 |
| Stricken | 1 September 1961 |
| Fate | Sunk as artificial reef |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 2,120 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
| Displacement | 3,139 t.(lt) 6,240 t.(fl) |
| Length | 338 ft (103 m) |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draught | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Propulsion | diesel engine, single screw, 1,700shp |
| Speed | 12 kts. (max) |
| Complement | 84 |
| Armament | one single 3 in (76 mm) dual purpose gun mount, six single 20 mm gun mounts |
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USS Arequipa (AF-31) was an Adria class stores ship stores ship in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1955. She was sold in 1972 and later sunk as an artificial reef.