USS Vixen (PG-53)
USS Vixen (PG-53) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Germany, United States | |
| Name | Orion |
| Owner | Julius Forstmann |
| Builder | Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany |
| Yard number | 502 |
| Laid down | 1929 |
| Launched | August 1929 |
| Fate | Acquired by the US Navy, 13 November 1940 |
| United States | |
| Name | USS Vixen |
| Namesake | Vixen (Female fox) |
| Builder | Sullivan Drydock and Repair Co., Brooklyn, New York (Conversion) |
| Acquired | 13 November 1940 |
| Commissioned | 25 February 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 24 May 1946 |
| Stricken | 3 July 1946 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics (USS Vixen) | |
| Type | Gunboat |
| Displacement | 3,774 long tons (3,835 t) |
| Length | 333 ft 2 in (101.55 m) |
| Beam | 46 ft 7 in (14.20 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 279 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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| Panama | |
| Name | Orion |
| Acquired | 1954 |
| Out of service | 1965 |
| Fate | Obtained by Epirotiki Lines, 1965 |
| Notes | Operated as a cruise ship |
| Greece | |
| Name | MS Argonaut |
| Operator | Epirotiki Lines |
| Acquired | 1965 |
| History | |
USS Vixen (PG-53) was a gunboat of the United States Navy during World War II, in which she served as a flagship to the Commanders of the Atlantic Fleet.