USS Laertes (AR-20)
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Laertes |
Namesake | Laertes |
Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard |
Laid down | 7 August 1944 |
Launched | 14 September 1944 |
Acquired | 28 September 1944 |
Commissioned | 24 March 1945 |
Fate | Sold for scrap on 7 July 1972 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 5,801 tons |
Length | 441 feet 6 inches |
Beam | 56 feet 11 inches |
Draft | 22 feet |
Propulsion | reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 2,500 shp |
Speed | 12.5 knots |
Complement | 525 |
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USS Laertes (AR-20) was a Xanthus class repair ship in the service of the United States Navy from 1945 to 1972.