USS Procyon (AF-61)
Procyon replenishes USS Fechteler off Vietnam in 1969 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Ordered |
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| Laid down | 15 April 1942 |
| Launched | 1 July 1942 |
| Completed | 18 August 1943 |
| Acquired | 8 August 1961 |
| Commissioned | 13 October 1961 |
| Decommissioned | 4 February 1972 |
| Stricken | 1 June 1976 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1986 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 14,180 tons (fl) |
| Length | 460 ft (140 m) |
| Beam | 63 ft (19 m) |
| Draught | 26 ft 7 in (8.10 m) |
| Propulsion | cross-compound turbines, single propeller |
| Speed | 16 kts. |
| Complement | 292 |
| Armament | one 3 in (76 mm) gun mount |
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USS Procyon (AF-61) was an Alstede-class stores ship in service with the United States Navy from 1961 to 1972, following commercial service from 1943 to 1961. She was scrapped in 1986.