&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:USAPRS_Thomas_F_Farrell_Jr.jpg) Post conversion sister ship USAPRS Thomas F. Farrel, Jr. underway off the East Coast of the United States, 26 August 1944. US National Archives photo # 80-G-420158 RG-80-G, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Ordered | as N3-M-A1 hull, MC hull 465 |
| Builder | Penn-Jersey Ship Building Co. |
| Laid down | as MV Eben H. Linnell |
| Launched | 23 January 1943 |
| Acquired | 1 January 1943 |
| Commissioned | as USS Hydra (AK-82) 25 September 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 19 November 1943 transferred to Army same day |
| Out of service | 20 August 1947 |
| Stricken | date unknown |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,677 t.(lt), 5,202 t.(fl) |
| Length | 269 ft 10 in (82.25 m) |
| Beam | 42 ft 6 in (12.95 m) |
| Draught | 20 ft 9 in (6.32 m) |
| Propulsion | Diesel, single shaft, 1,300shp |
| Speed | 10 kts. |
| Complement | 83 |
| Armament | one 3 in (76 mm) dual purpose gun mount |
USS Hydra (AK-82), ex MV Eben H. Linnell, was an Enceladus-class cargo ship[Note 1] commissioned by the U.S. Navy for cargo service in World War II. Hydra was in naval service from 1 January through 19 November 1943 before she was transferred to the U.S. Army[1] for conversion to the Engineer Port Repair ship Madison Jordan Manchester.[2]
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- ^ "Hydra". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- ^ Coll, Blanche D.; Jean E. Keith; Herbert H. Rosenthal (1958). United States Army in World War II – The Corps of Engineers: Troops and Equipment – Chapter XVII – Preparing to Reconstruct Ports. U.S. Army Center of Military History. pp. 391–416. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2012.