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USS PRAIRIE was the second DIXIE - class destroyer tender and the second ship in the Navy to bear the name. Both decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on March 26, 1993, the PRAIRIE was sold for scrapping a few days later. She was subsequently towed to India where she was broken up.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: October 14, 1938 |
| Keel laid: December 7, 1938 | |
| Launched: December 9, 1939 | |
| Commissioned: August 5, 1940 | |
| Decommissioned: March 26, 1993 | |
| Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J. | |
| Propulsion system: four boilers, geared turbines | |
| Propellers: two | |
| Length: 530.5 feet (161.7 meters) | |
| Beam: 73.2 feet (22.3 meters) | |
| Draft: 25.6 feet (7.8 meters) | |
| Displacement: approx. 17,176 tons full load | |
| Speed: 19.5 knots | |
| Aircraft: Flight Deck only, however, not suitable for helo landings | |
| Armament: 4 20mm Mk-68 guns | |
| Crew: approx. 1000 |
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This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS PRAIRIE. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
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