Spacecraft Recovery
    20 February 1962: Friendship 7

CLASS - GEARING As Built.
Displacement 3460 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 390' 6"(oa) x 40' 10" x 14' 4" (Max)
Armament 6 x 5"/38AA (3x2), 12 x 40mm AA, 11 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 36.8 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 336.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath ME March 26 1945.
Launched July 30 1945 and commissioned November 2 1945.
Decommissioned October 31 1973.
Loaned to Spain renamed Blas De Lezo (D65).
Stricken June 2 1975.
Sold to Spain May 17 1978.
Fate Stricken and scraped in 1991.