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Hiddensee is a former East German Navy corvette, now part of the Battleship Cove site at Fall River, Massachusetts. Originally a Soviet vessel, the corvette was transferred first to the East German Navy, then to the German Navy, and ended her career in the United States.
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East Germany | |
Name | Rudolf Egelhoffer |
Builder | Petrovsky Shipyard, Leningrad |
Laid down | 1984 |
Commissioned | 1985 |
Fate | Transferred to Germany, 1990 |
Germany | |
Name | Hiddensee (P6166) |
Namesake | Hiddensee |
Acquired | 1990 |
Decommissioned | April 1991 |
Fate | Transferred to United States, November 1991 |
United States | |
Name | USNS Hiddensee |
Acquired | November 1991 |
Commissioned | 14 February 1992 |
Decommissioned | 18 April 1996 |
Fate | Museum ship from 14 June 1997 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tarantul-classcorvette |
Displacement |
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Length | 56 m (183 ft 9 in) |
Beam | 10.50 m (34 ft 5 in) |
Draught | 2.50 m (8 ft 2 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 42 knots (78 km/h; 48 mph) |
Range | 1,650 nmi (3,060 km; 1,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Endurance | 10 days |
Complement | 50 |
Armament |
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Progress | 95% complete |
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