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USS HYADES

(AF-28)

Service to the Fleet

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AF-28 Deployments - Major Events

Add a AF-28 Shellback Initiation Add a AF-28 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
OCT 1942 Keel Date: 12 OCT 1942
JUN 1943 Launch Date: 12 JUN 1943
JUN 1946 - - - Shellback Initiation - 18 JUN 1946 - Pacific Ocean
OCT 1962 - OCT 1962 Cuban Missle Blockade
JAN 1965 - MAR 1965 Mediterranean
JUL 1965 - JUL 1965 Dependents Cruise
AUG 1965 - DEC 1965 Regular Overhaul

AF-28 General Specifications

Complement: 252 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 7700 tons

Length: 469 feet 9 inches

Beam: 63 feet

Draft: 25 feet 11 in

Flank Speed: 16 kts