USS Great Lakes

USS Great Lakes (AD-30) was a planned Shenandoah-class destroyer tender of the United States Navy.

NameUSS Great Lakes

NamesakeGreat Lakes

BuilderTodd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington

Laid down16 April 1945

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History
United States
Name	USS Great Lakes
Namesake	Great Lakes
Builder	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington
Laid down	16 April 1945
Fate	Cancelled 7 January 1946
General characteristics
Type	Shenandoah-class destroyer tender
Displacement	11,755 long tons (11,944 t) light 16,880 long tons (17,151 t) full
Length	492 ft (150 m)
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft	28 ft (8.5 m)
Propulsion	Steam turbine, single propeller
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	977 officers and enlisted
Armament	2 × single 5"/38 caliber gun mounts 8 × 40 mm AA guns 22 × 20 mm guns AA guns

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Great Lakes was laid down on 16 April 1945 at the Todd Pacific Shipyard in Seattle. She was cancelled on 7 January 1946, when she was around 20% complete.^[1]