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continued her support of 6th Fleet destroyers, making six
Mediterranean deployments. During this time she participated in some of the largest peacetime service operations ever undertaken.
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continued her tender duties in the U.S. until 24 September 1956 when she again departed for the
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had reached the serious stage and the majority of the 6th Fleet proceeded into the
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on 11 May, she tended destroyers there until her departure for
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returned to Newport and again took up her duties there until the fall. She proceeded to
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on 11 March 1971, and was decommissioned and struck from the
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was laid down 16 November 1944 as a Maritime Commission
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in December and until 16 April 1965 tended ships in
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fall exercises. By 16 September she had crossed the
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461:to support the 6th Fleet in operations off
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320:After brief shakedown off the coast of
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939:Repair ships of the United States Navy
180:11,755 long tons (11,944 t) light
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183:16,880 long tons (17,151 t) full
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201:69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
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133:AR-28 (Repair ship), 11 March 1971
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274:USS Grand Canyon (AD-28)
193:492 ft (150 m)
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154:General characteristics
88:Todd Pacific Shipyards
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525:San Juan, Puerto Rico
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687:. Retrieved
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288:World War II
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130:Reclassified
117:5 April 1946
114:Commissioned
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68:Grand Canyon
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36:Grand Canyon
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817:Great Lakes
785:Isle Royale
771:Yellowstone
661:October 15,
598:Yellowstone
547:sailed for
377:Suez Crisis
247:2 × single
944:1945 ships
923:Categories
764:Shenandoah
730:Shenandoah
621:References
566:Shenandoah
467:Asia Minor
279:Shenandoah
234:Complement
214:Propulsion
164:Shenandoah
868:Tidewater
831:Arrowhead
792:Tidewater
756:Completed
596:USS
564:USS
455:Souda Bay
328:departed
98:Laid down
884:Klondike
809:Canceled
505:New York
473:visited
438:and the
336:via the
242:Armament
138:Stricken
106:Launched
74:Namesake
824:Canopus
583:Spanish
579:Italian
501:Bermuda
463:Lebanon
444:England
393:Taranto
389:Messina
385:Augusta
354:Palermo
294:on the
265:AA guns
258:AA guns
84:Builder
44:History
38:in 1971
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581:, and
575:French
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436:Norway
432:Tromsø
428:Norway
362:Naples
358:Sicily
281:-class
276:was a
251:mounts
190:Length
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459:Crete
261:22 ×
256:40 mm
227:knots
222:Speed
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