USS Great Lakes

USS Great Lakes (AD-30) was a planned Shenandoah-class destroyer tender of the United States Navy.

History
United States
Name	USS Great Lakes
Namesake	Great Lakes
Builder	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington
Laid down	16 April 1945
Fate	Cancelled 7 January 1946
General characteristics
Type	Shenandoah-class destroyer tender
Displacement	11,755 long tons (11,944 t) light 16,880 long tons (17,151 t) full
Length	492 ft (150 m)
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft	28 ft (8.5 m)
Propulsion	Steam turbine, single propeller
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	977 officers and enlisted
Armament	2 × single 5"/38 caliber gun mounts 8 × 40 mm AA guns 22 × 20 mm guns AA guns

Great Lakes was laid down on 16 April 1945 at the Todd Pacific Shipyard in Seattle. She was cancelled on 7 January 1946, when she was around 20% complete.[1]