Fulton-class submarine tender

Fulton (AS-11), 1984
Class overview
Builders:
  • Mare Island Navy Yard
  • Puget Sound Navy Yard
  • Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, CA
Operators: US Navy
Built: 1939 – 1945
In commission: 1941 – 1993
Completed: 7
Active: 0
Scrapped: 7
General characteristics
Type: 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 in (130 mm) guns
Notes: Stats from Fulton

The Fulton class was a class of United States Navy submarine tenders. The class took its name from the lead ship, USS Fulton (AS-11), which was commissioned 27 December 1940 by Mare Island Navy Yard and sponsored by Mrs. A. T. Sutcliffe, great-granddaughter of Robert Fulton. Fulton was commissioned on 12 September 1941.[1]

Ships in class

Ships in class
Ship Name Hull No. Builder Commission–
Decommission		 Link
Fulton AS-11 Mare Island Navy Yard 1941–1991 DANFS, NVR
Sperry AS-12 Mare Island Navy Yard 1942–1982 DANFS, NVR
Bushnell AS-15 Mare Island Navy Yard 1943–1970 DANFS, NVR
Howard W. Gilmore AS-16 Mare Island Navy Yard 1944–1980 DANFS, NVR
Nereus AS-17 Puget Sound Navy Yard 1945–1971 DANFS, NVR
Orion AS-18 Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, CA 1943–1993 DANFS, NVR
Proteus AS-19 Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, CA 1944–1992 DANFS, NVR

In 1959-1960, Proteus was converted to a tender for the Polaris Fleet Ballistic Missile submarines, including the addition of a 13.4 m section amidships. All ships of this class have been decommissioned and scrapped.

References

  1. ↑ "Fulton IV". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command.
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