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AWarships
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SAS Charlotte Maxekelarger figure on 1 of 3
USS Recoverylarger figure on 2 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source62 m (203 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | SAS Charlotte Maxeke | USS Recovery |
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| Power | Diesel-electric, 4 diesels, 1 shaft, 6,100 shp (4,500 kW)[source] | — |
| Name | SAS Charlotte Maxeke[source] | USS Recovery[source] |
| Namesake | Charlotte Maxeke , a South African religious leader and political activist[source] | — |
| Operator | South African Navy[source] | — |
| Builder | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel[source] | Basalt Rock Company |
213 ft 6 in (65.07 m)[source]
at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph), snorkeling
Single sourceat 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph), surfaced
Single sourceat 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph), submerged
Single source11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph), surfaced, 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph), snorkeling , 400 nmi (740 km; 460 mi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph), submerged[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Launched | 4 May 2005[source] | 4 August 1945[source] |
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| Commissioned | 14 March 2007[source] | 15 May 1946[source] |
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| Status | in active service[source] | Active[source] |
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| Class & type | Heroine-class submarine[source] | Bolster -class rescue and salvage ship[source] |
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| Test depth | 500 m (1,600 ft)[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Sonar : STN Atlas CSU-90; hull mounted and flank arrays Radar : Surface search I-band Optics : Zeiss non-hull penetrating optronic mast[source] | — |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | ESM : Grintek Avitronics, intercept + radar warning receiver ELINT : Saab S/UME-100 tactical electronic support measures[source] | — |
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| Armament | 8 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes , 14 AEG SUT 264 torpedoes ; optional UGM-84 Harpoon integration[source] | 4 × 40 mm guns 6 × 20 mm guns[source] |
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| Laid down | — | 6 January 1945[source] |
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| Sponsored by | — | Mrs. Harry Burris[source] |
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| Decommissioned | — | 20 September 1994[source] |
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| Stricken | — | 30 September 1994[source] |
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| Identification | — | Hull number : ARS-43[source] |
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| Fate | — | Transferred to Taiwan , 30 September 1998[source] |
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| Acquired | — | 30 September 1998[source] |
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| Source measurement | — | USS Recovery (ARS-43) was a Bolster -class rescue and salvage ship of the United States Navy , which remained in commission for over 48 years. Laid down on 6 January 1945 by the Basalt Rock Company in Napa, California , the ship was launched on 4 August 1945, and commissioned on 15 May 1946. In American service, the vessel supported NASA 's Project Mercury spaceflights and recovery and the search for the lost submarine USS Thresher . The ship was removed from American service, transferred to Taiwan, and commissioned on 1 March 1999 in the Republic of China Navy as ROCS Da Juen (ARS-556) . The vessel was later renamed Ta De .[source]USS Recovery · Lead; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage Recovery was decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 30 September 1994. She was transferred to Taiwan on 30 September 1998, under the Security Assistance Program, and commissioned on 1 March 1999 in the Republic of China Navy as ROCS Da Juen (ARS-556), where she remains in commission under the name Ta De (ARS-556).[source]USS Recovery · Construction and career / Service with Taiwan; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage |
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