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Fulton class }} >{{Infobox ship image| Ship image =USS Fulton (AS-11) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 6 December 1984 (6391550).jpg | Ship caption= Fulton (AS-11), 1984
}}{{Infobox ship class overview | Builders=*Mare Island Navy Yard- Puget Sound Navy Yard
- Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, CA
| Operators= US Navy | Class before= | Class after= | Subclasses= | Built range=1939{{spaced ndash}} 1945 | In commission range= 1941{{spaced ndash}} 1993 | Total ships building= | Total ships planned= | Total ships completed=7 | Total ships cancelled= | Total ships active=0 | Total ships laid up= | Total ships lost= | Total ships retired= | Total ships scrapped=7 | Total ships preserved=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship type=submarine tender | 9250|LT|t|abbr=on}} | 530|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}} | 73|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}} | 22|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship power= | Ship propulsion= | 15.4|kn|mph km/h|lk=in|abbr=on}} | Ship range= | Ship complement=1,307 officers and enlisted | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | 5|in|mm|abbr=on}} guns | Ship notes=Stats from Fulton
}} | The Fulton class was a class of United States Navy submarine tenders. The class took its name from the lead ship, {{USS|Fulton|AS-11}}, which was commissioned 27 December 1940 by Mare Island Navy Yard and sponsored by Mrs. A. T. Sutcliffe, great-granddaughter of Robert Fulton. Fulton was commissioned on 12 September 1941.[1] Ships in class Ships in class| Ship Name | Hull No. | Builder | Commission–
Decommission | Link |
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| Fulton|AS-11|2}} | AS-11 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 1941–1991 | id=AS11|title=NVR}} | | Sperry|AS-12|2}} | AS-12 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 1942–1982 | DANFS, {{NVR url>id=AS12|title=NVR}} | | Bushnell|AS-15|2}} | AS-15 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 1943–1970 | id=AS15|title=NVR}} | | Howard W. Gilmore|AS-16|2}} | AS-16 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 1944–1980 | DANFS, {{NVR url>id=AS16|title=NVR}} | | Nereus|AS-17|2}} | AS-17 | Puget Sound Navy Yard | 1945–1971 | DANFS, {{NVR url>id=AS17|title=NVR}} | | Orion|AS-18|2}} | AS-18 | Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, CA | 1943–1993 | DANFS, {{NVR url>id=AS18|title=NVR}} | | Proteus|AS-19|2}} | AS-19 | Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, CA | 1944–1992 | DANFS, {{NVR SC url>id=ix-518|title=NVR}} | |
In 1959-1960, Proteus was converted to a tender for the Polaris Fleet Ballistic Missile submarines, including the addition of a 13.4 m section amidships. All ships of this class have been decommissioned and scrapped. References1. ^{{cite DANFS |url= http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/f5/fulton-iv.htm |title= Fulton IV}}
External links- Submarine tender photo gallery index at NavSource.org
{{Fulton class submarine tender}} 5 : Fulton-class submarine tenders|World War II auxiliary ships of the United States|Korean War auxiliary ships of the United States|Vietnam War auxiliary ships of the United States|Cold War auxiliary ships of the United States |