USS Arrowhead (AD-35)

The U.S.S. Arrowhead (AD-35) was a planned Shenandoah-class Destroyer Tender of the United States Navy during World War II[1]. She was laid down at Puget Sound Navy Yard on 1 December 1944. Due to the defeat of Nazi Germany, and atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, her construction was cancelled on 11 August 1945, shortly before the war's end. [2]

USS Arrowhead (AD-35)
Arrowhead's sister ship, U.S.S. Tidewater (AD-31) seen in 1965.
History
United States of America
Name: U.S.S. ARROWHEAD
Builder: Puget Sound Navy Yard
Laid down: 1 December 1944
Fate: Cancelled. 11 August 1945
Status: Cancelled.
General characteristics
Class and type: Shenandoah-class destroyer tender
Displacement:
  • 11,755 tons (Light)
  • 16,900 tons (Full)
Length: 492 feet
Beam: 69 feet, 6 inches
Draft: 28 feet
Propulsion:
  • one Westinghouse geared turbine engines
  • two Foster and Wheeler D-type boilers 435psi 740°
  • double Westinghouse Main Reduction Gear
Speed: 18.4 Knots
Complement: 63 Officers, 986 Enlisted Men
Armament:
  • two single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts
  • four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
  • twenty-two single 20mm AA gun mounts
Aircraft carried: None
Aviation facilities: None

References
  1. https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/8033.html
  2. http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/03/03idx.htm


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