ATS-1 Edenton cruising at sea

USS EDENTON was the first of three Rescue and Salvage Ships built for the US Navy by a British shipyard. Decommissioned after 25 years of service on March 29, 1996, the EDENTON was transfered to the US Coast Guard on November 18, 1997, and was subsequently stricken from the Navy list on December 29, 1997. After conversion, the EDENTON was commissioned by the Coast Guard on July 10, 1999, and is now serving as USCGC ALEX HALEY (WMEC 39).
General Characteristics: Keel laid: March 28, 1967
Launched: May 15, 1968
Commissioned: January 23, 1971
Decommissioned: March 29, 1996
Builder: Brooke Marine, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Propulsion system: diesel
Propellers: two
Length: 282.5 feet (86.1 meters)
Beam: 49.9 feet (15.2 meters)
Draft: 15.1 feet (4.6 meters)
Displacement: approx. 3,100 tons
Speed: 16 knots
Armament: two 20mm guns
Crew: 8 officers and 88 enlisted