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U.S.S. TANGIER

(AV-8)


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AV-8 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAR1939-Keel Date: 18 MAR 1939
at Union Minerals & Alloys Corporation
SEP1940-Launch Date: 15 SEP 1940
AUG1941-Commissioned: 25 AUG 1941
AUG1943-Shellback Initiation - 31 AUG 1943 - Pacific Ocean

AV-8 General Specifications

Complement: 1075 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 11760 tons

Length: 492 feet 1 inches

Beam: 69 feet 6 inches

Draft: 23 feet 9 in

Flank Speed: 18 Knots