USS Sperry
USS Sperry at San Diego in 1985 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Sperry |
| Namesake | Elmer Ambrose Sperry |
| Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California |
| Laid down | 1 February 1941 |
| Launched | 17 December 1941 |
| Commissioned | 1 May 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 30 September 1982 |
| Stricken | 30 September 1982 |
| Fate | Sold for Scrapping 28 July 2011 to ESCO Marine, Brownsville, Tx |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Fulton-class submarine tender |
| Displacement | 9,250 long tons (9,400 t) |
| Length | 530 ft 7 in (161.72 m) |
| Beam | 73 ft 4 in (22.35 m) |
| Draft | 22 ft 5 in (6.83 m) |
| Speed | 15.4 kn (17.7 mph; 28.5 km/h) |
| Complement | 1,307 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 4 × 5"/38 caliber gun (127 mm) guns |
USS Sperry (AS-12) was a Fulton-class submarine tender in the United States Navy. She was named for Elmer Sperry.
Sperry was laid down on 1 February 1941 at the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California; launched on 17 December 1941, just 10 days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; sponsored by Mrs. Helen Sperry Lea, daughter of Elmer Ambrose Sperry; and commissioned on 1 May 1942, Captain Robert H. Smith in command.