Each vessel is covered by a Fact File. Each Fact File contains specifications including Overall Length, Waterline Length, Extreme Beam, Waterline Beam, Maximum Navigational Draft, Draft Limit, Light Displacement, Full Displacement, and Dead Weight. Each Fact File also features a Ship History with a Builder listing, the Keel, Launch, and Delivery Dates, the Age of the vessel, and its Status.
The Ship Availability Database (SAV) contains historical information on US Naval vessels and completed shipyard availabilities. Shipyard availability is defined as a period of time that a ship is scheduled to undergo construction, critical repairs or maintenance, modernization, conversion, or other work that typically can only be accomplished in a shipyard. The SAV database contains approximately 15,000 completed availabilites from 1913 to 2001.
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