USS Proteus (AS-19)
USS Proteus (AS-19) in 1980 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Namesake | Proteus |
| Builder | Moore Dry Dock Company |
| Laid down | 15 September 1941 |
| Launched | 12 November 1942 |
| Commissioned | 31 January 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 26 September 1947 |
| Recommissioned | 8 July 1960 |
| Decommissioned | September 1992 |
| Recommissioned | 1994, reclassified IX-518 |
| Decommissioned | September 1999 |
| Stricken | 13 March 2001 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 2007 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Fulton-class submarine tender |
| Displacement | 9,734 long tons (9,890 t) |
| Length | 529 ft 6 in (161.39 m) |
| Beam | 73 ft 4 in (22.35 m) |
| Propulsion | diesel-electric |
| Speed | 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph) |
| Complement | 1,487 |
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The third USS Proteus (AS-19) was a Fulton-class submarine tender in the United States Navy.