USS Samar (ARG-11)
,_circa_in_1945_(NH_90562).jpg) USS Samar (ARG-11) at anchor, circa 1945, location unknown.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Samar |
| Namesake | Samar Island |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down | 21 September 1944 |
| Launched | 19 October 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Elsie M. Alexander |
| Acquired | 31 October 1944 |
| Commissioned | 5 June 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 24 July 1947 |
| Stricken | 1 September 1962 |
| Fate | Sold, 10 December 1973, to Zidell Explorations Corporation , physically delivered for scrapping, 25 January 1974 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Luzon |
| Type | Internal combustion engine repair ship |
| Displacement | 4,023 long tons (4,088 t) |
| Length | 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) |
| Beam | 56 ft 11 in (17.35 m) |
| Draft | 23 ft 0 in (7.01 m) |
| Propulsion | Triple Expansion Machinery, Single Propeller, 2,500 hp (1,864 kW) |
| Speed | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
| Complement | 583 |
| Armament | 1 x single 40 mm AA gun mounts, 12 x single 20 mm AA gun mounts |
USS Samar (ARG-11) was a
Samar Island
in the Philippines, it was the second U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.
Construction and final days of World War II
Samar was laid down on 21 September 1944 by
Baltimore, MD
and commissioned on 5 June 1945.
Following
Yangtze River on the 28th and moored to buoys in the Hwangpu River off Shanghai
on 1 October. Within hours of her arrival, she had six small craft alongside for engine repairs. Samar remained at Shanghai for five months, racing against time as demobilization of sailors stripped her crew of trained repair technicians. At one point, 26 ships and boats were simultaneously assigned to Samar for repairs.
Fate
Assigned to Task Unit 70.2.2 (the North China Service Unit), Samar continued the grinding work of repair services on the China station until 5 May, when the repair ship got underway to return to the United States. Arriving at
Zidell Explorations Corporation for scrapping on 25 January 1974.[1]
References
- ^ Priolo, Gary P. "USS Samar (ARG-11)". NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.