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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.
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Rudolf Egelhoffer |
| Builder | Petrovsky Shipyard, Leningrad |
| Laid down | 1984 |
| Commissioned | 1985 |
| Fate | Transferred to Germany, 1990 |
| Name | Hiddensee (P6166) |
| Namesake | Hiddensee |
| Acquired | 1990 |
| Decommissioned | April 1991 |
| Fate | Transferred to United States, November 1991 |
| 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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