Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

AD-16 USS Cascade

• Cascade class Destroyer Tender:
• Displacement: 16,700 tons (full load)
• Length: 529'6"
• Beam: 73'4"
• Draft: 26'
• Speed: 16.5 knots (max)
• Armament: 2 5"/38 DP; 3x2 40 mm; 12 20mm
• Complement: 826
• Geared turbine engines; single screw; 10,000 h.p.
• Built at Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco, and commissioned 12 March 1943

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Cascade

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(Circa 1974)

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