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

AF-28 USS Hyades

• Hyades class Provision Store Ship:
• Displacement: 14,900 tons (full load)
• Length: 469'
• Beam: 63'
• Draft: 27'6"
• Speed: 15.5 knots (max)
• Armament: 1 5"/38 DP; 4 3"/50 DP; 12 20mm
• Complement:
• Cargo: 5,500 DWT
• Geared turbine engines, single screw, 6,000 hp
• Built at Gulf Shipbuliding Co., Chickasaw, Ala. (as SSIberville,, 12 June 1943);
  converted as Bethlehem Steel, Baltimore, and commissioned 1 August 1944

Additional Links:

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

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