USS Fulton (AS-1)
USS Fulton (AS-1) in 1924 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Fulton |
| Namesake | Robert Fulton (1765–1815), American inventor and engineer widely credited with developing the first commercially successful steamboat |
| Ordered | 4 March 1911 |
| Builder | Fore River Shipyard |
| Laid down | 2 October 1913 |
| Launched | 6 June 1914 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. A. T. Sutcliffe |
| Commissioned | 7 December 1914 |
| Decommissioned | 5 October 1925 |
| Recommissioned | 2 September 1930 |
| Reclassified | Gunboat, PG-49, 29 September 1930 |
| Decommissioned | 12 May 1934 |
| Stricken | 1934 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1934 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Submarine tender |
| Displacement | 1,308 long tons (1,329 t) |
| Length | 226 ft 6 in (69.04 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Installed power | 1,100 bhp (820 kW) |
| Propulsion | 1 × 6-cylinder, 2-cycle, NELSECO diesel engine |
| Speed | 12.34 kn (14.20 mph; 22.85 km/h) |
| Complement | 6 officers and 129 enlisted |
| Armament | 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns, 1 × 1-pounder automatic anti-aircraft gun |
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USS Fulton (AS-1) was constructed as a submarine tender in 1914, but later was converted into a gunboat and redesignated PG-49.
Fulton should not be confused with USS Fulton (SP-247), a patrol vessel that operated from 1917 to 1919 while Fulton (AS-1) was in commission.