USS Leyte (ARG-8)
USS Leyte (ARG-8) on 26 August 1944
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Name | USS Leyte |
Namesake | Leyte, an island in the Philippines |
Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland |
Laid down | 20 January 1944 |
Launched | 18 February 1944 |
Commissioned | 17 August 1944 |
Decommissioned | 30 August 1946 |
Renamed | USS Maui (ARG-8), 31 May 1945 |
Stricken | April 1967 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1972 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Repair ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 442 ft (135 m) |
Beam | 57 ft (17 m) |
Draft | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
Propulsion | Reciprocating steam engine, single shaft |
Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Complement | 574 officers and enlisted |
Armament |
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USS Leyte (ARG-8), later USS Maui (ARG-8), was a
from 1944 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1972.History
Leyte was laid down on 20 January 1944 at the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc. in
Pacific War
After training in
For the remainder of the War, Leyte served in Subic Bay. Her name was changed to USS Maui (ARG-8) on 31 May (after the Island of Maui, making her the second U.S. Naval vessel to bear that name) so that the name Leyte could be assigned to a new aircraft carrier then under construction, designated USS Leyte (CV-32). The ship departed Subic Bay in early December and arrived on the west coast with 1,108 returning war veterans before Christmas 1945.
Decommissioning and fate
She became inactive in March 1946 and decommissioned at
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- "Leyte". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Retrieved 16 March 2007.
- "Maui". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Retrieved 16 March 2007.
- "ARG-8 Leyte / Maui". Service Ship Photo Archive. Retrieved 16 March 2007.
- Photo gallery at Naval Historical Center