USS Aldebaran

USS Aldebaran (AF-10)
History
United States
Name
  • Stag Hound (1940)
  • Aldebaran (1940-1974)
Namesake
Operator
  • Grace Lines (1940)
  • U.S. Navy (1940-1968)
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
Yard number374
Laid down28 November 1938
Launched21 June 1939
Acquired22 December 1940
Commissioned10 January 1941
Decommissioned28 June 1968
Stricken1 June 1973
FateSold for scrap, 14 November 1974
General characteristics
Tonnage7,169 GRT, 9,493 DWT
Displacement13,910 tons
Length459 ft 3 in (139.98 m)
Beam63 ft (19 m)
Draught25 ft 10 in (7.87 m)
Installed power2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
PropulsionNewport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. trubine, Westinghouse double reduction gear set
Speed16.4 knots
Complement287
Armament1 × 5 in (130 mm), 4 × 3 in (76 mm)

USS Aldebaran (AF-10), the lead ship of her class of stores ship is the only ship of the United States Navy to have this name. She is named after Aldebaran, a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Taurus.

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