USS Euryale
![]() USS Euryale (AS-22) At Sasebo, Japan, in November 1945. She has three large Japanese submarines alongside. They are (from inboard to outboard): I-401, I-14 and I-400.
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Name |
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Namesake | Euryale |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
Launched | 12 April 1941[1] |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Richard A. Cooke[1] |
Acquired | purchased by Navy 15 April 1943[2] |
Commissioned | 2 December 1943[3] |
Decommissioned | 7 October 1946[3] |
Fate | Sold for scrap 9 August 1972 |
Notes | United States Official number: 240536[2] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Euryale-class submarine tender |
Tonnage | 7,775 GRT 12,430 DWT[2] |
Displacement | 7,600 tons[3] |
Length | 492 ft 6 in (150.11 m)[3] |
Beam | 69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)[3] |
Draft | 21 ft (6.4 m)[3] |
Speed | 17 knots[3] |
Complement | |
Armament | 1 x 3 in (76 mm)[3] |
USS Euryale (AS-22) was built as the Hawaiian Merchant by the
Construction and design
Hawaiian Merchant was one of four
As designed the hull was 492 ft (150 m) length overall, 69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) molded beam, 42 ft 6 in (12.95 m) depth molded to the shelter deck, 33 ft 6 in (10.21 m) depth molded to the freeboard deck with a loaded draft of 28 ft 7.4375 in (8.723313 m).[1] There were seven watertight bulkheads providing for eight compartments, five of which were holds forward of the engine room:
- #1 with a hatch of 20 ft (6.1 m) X 36 ft (11 m) of 115,435 cubic feet (3,268.8 m3)
- #2 with a hatch of 24 ft (7.3 m) X 30 ft (9.1 m) of 87,348 cubic feet (2,473.4 m3)
- #3 with a hatch of 24 ft (7.3 m) X 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m) of 189,845 cubic feet (5,375.8 m3)
and two holds aft of the engine room:
- #4 with a hatch of 24 ft (7.3 m) X 30 ft (9.1 m) of 152,807 cubic feet (4,327.0 m3)
- #5 with a hatch of 24 ft (7.3 m) X 40 ft (12 m) of 112,110 cubic feet (3,174.6 m3)[1]
There were no refrigerated cargo spaces but deep tanks under #2 and #5 holds had a combined bulk liquid cargo capacity of 1,871 tons.[1]
Steam was provided by two Foster Wheeler "D" type marine water tube boilers at 465 psi delivered to a De Laval steam turbine with 11 high- and 7 low-pressure stages, double reduction geared for a rating of 8,500 shaft horsepower at 85 rpm to a four-bladed bronze propeller of 21 ft 8 in (6.60 m) diameter with 21 ft 8 in (6.60 m) pitch. Two 300-kilowatt 120/240 volt direct current generators driven by steam turbines provided electric power.[7] A diesel 12-kilowatt generator on the shelter deck level provided emergency power.[8]
The ship's fuel capacity was 1,672 tons for a cruising radius of 12,000 miles (19,312.1 km) at 16.5 knots. Water capacities were 68 tons of fresh, 18 tons of distilled and 314 tons of boiler feed water.[1]
Matson service
Hawaiian Merchant was launched 12 April 1941, second in a dual launching and minutes after sister ship Hawaiian Shipper had been launched, with the wife of the head of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association, Richard A Cooke, as sponsor.
War Shipping Administration/Transportation Corps
The ship, already under Army charter, was delivered by Matson to the WSA at San Francisco on 24 January 1942 with allocation to the United States Army under a Transportation Corps charter agreement with Matson acting as agent operator of the ship.[2][note 1]
Completion of runway construction at
Hawaiian Merchant was purchased by the Navy on 15 April 1943 at New York.[2] The ship commissioned 2 December 1943 as USS Euryale (AS-22).[3]
Euryale reached
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The
Reserve and scrapping
Euryale was decommissioned and placed in reserve on 7 October 1946.[3] On 9 August 1972 the ship was delivered to the Maritime Administration at Bremerton, Washington and purchased the same day by American Ship Dismantler, Inc., for "non transportation use" with physical delivery to the company on 30 August.[2]
Footnotes
- ^ WSA was given control of all oceangoing shipping not owned by one of the services. The Vessel Status Card shows the ship coming under WSA control on 1-24-42 at San Francisco from "Matson Navigation Co. TC" at 8:00 a.m. PST and coming under a "TCA" or Transportation Corps agreement "1-24-42 8'00 AM". In essence it appears WSA simply ratified the TC charter at that time.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Pacific Marine Review (May 1941), p. 50.
- ^ a b c d e f g MARAD Vessel Status Card: Hawaiian Merchant.
- ^ Cairns Post 10 July 1941, p. 5.
- ^ a b Pacific Marine Review (June 1941), p. 38.
- ^ Pacific Marine Review (June 1941), p. 39.
- ^ Pacific Marine Review (May 1941), pp. 50–51.
- ^ Pacific Marine Review (May 1941), p. 51.
- ^ Pacific Marine Review (June 1949), p. 100.
- ^ Dod 1966, p. 45.
- ^ Pacific Marine Review (June 1949), pp. 100–101.
- ^ Nimitz & Steele: v. 1, pp. 52, 59, 73.
- ^ Rill 2003, p. 56.
Bibliography
- Australian Associated Press (1941). "Five Ships—America to Australia". Cairns Post. No. 10 July 1941. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- Dod, Karl C. (1966). The Corps Of Engineers: The War Against Japan. United States Army In World War II. Washington, DC: Center Of Military History, United States Army. LCCN 66060004.
- Maritime Administration. "Hawaiian Merchant". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- Naval History And Heritage Command. "Euryale". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History And Heritage Command. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- Nimitz, Chester W., Admiral (USN); Steele, James M., Captain (USN) (1942). 'Gray Book' — War Plans and Files of the Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet; Running Estimate and Summary maintained by Captain James M. Steele, USN, CINCPAC staff at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, covering the period 7 December 1941–31 August 1942. (8 volumes). Operational Archives, Naval History and Heritage Command, Washington Navy Yard, Washington D.C. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Rill, James C. (2003). A Narrative History of the 1st Battalion, 11th Marines. Military Monograph Series. Merriam Press. ISBN 978-1-57638-317-9. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- Pacific American Steamship Association; Shipowners Association of the Pacific Coast (1941). "Hawaiian Merchant—Hawaiian Shipper: Federal Stages Dual Launching for Matson Cargo Liners". Pacific Marine Review. 38 (May 1941). San Francisco: J.S. Hines. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Pacific American Steamship Association; Shipowners Association of the Pacific Coast (1941). "Matson Navigation Company Cargo Liners". Pacific Marine Review. 38 (June 1941). San Francisco: J.S. Hines. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Pacific American Steamship Association; Shipowners Association of the Pacific Coast (1949). "The Matson Lines". Pacific Marine Review. 46 (June 1949). San Francisco: J.S. Hines. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
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External links
- Photo of Hawaiian Merchant 1941
- General Arrangement Deck Plans and Profile S.S. Hawaiian Merchant
- Official Website (Ship veteran website)
- NavSource: USS Euryale (AS-22)
- Euryale (AS-22): Photographs (Saved version of now vanished NHHC photo page)