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USS BEAUFORT was the second EDENTON - class Rescue and Salvage Ship. Decommissioned on March 8, 1996, the BEAUFORT was sold to South Korea on August 29, 1996, and was subsequently stricken from the Navy list on December 12, 1996. In South Korea, the ship entered naval service as PYONG TAEK.
| General Characteristics: | Keel laid: February 19, 1968 |
| Launched: December 1, 1968 | |
| Commissioned: January 22, 1972 | |
| Decommissioned: March 8, 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 |
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This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS BEAUFORT. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
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