USS Petrel (ASR-14)

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History
United States
Name	USS Petrel
Builder	Savannah Machine Foundry Co., Savannah, Georgia
Laid down	26 February 1945
Launched	26 September 1945
Commissioned	24 September 1946
Decommissioned	30 September 1991
Stricken	9 October 1991
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 2003
General characteristics
Class and type	Chanticleer-class submarine rescue ship
Displacement	1,780 long tons (1,809 t)
Length	251 ft 4 in (76.61 m)
Beam	42 ft (13 m)
Draft	14 ft (4.3 m)
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Complement	63 officers and enlisted
Armament	2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns

The fifth USS Petrel (ASR-14) was a Chanticleer-class submarine rescue ship in the United States Navy.

Petrel was laid down on 26 February 1945, was built by Savannah Machine Foundry Co., Savannah, Georgia; launched on 26 September 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Effie Jeffreys (in honour of her son, MMC Romie L. Jeffreys, who died along with all hands on the submarine USS Shark (SS-174) on 11 February 1942), and commissioned at Savannah on 24 September 1946.^[1]