_in_1950.jpg) USS Williamsburg in 1950
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Aras |
| Owner | Hugh J. Chisholm, Jr. |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 19 March 1930 |
| Launched | 8 December 1930 |
| Acquired | 15 January 1931 |
| Fate | Acquired by the US Navy, 24 April 1941 |
 United States | |
| Name | Williamsburg |
| Namesake | City of Williamsburg, Virginia |
| Acquired | 24 April 1941 |
| Commissioned | 7 October 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 30 June 1953 |
| Stricken | 1 April 1962 |
| Fate | Transferred to National Science Foundation, 9 August 1962 |
| United States | |
| Name | Anton Bruun |
| Namesake | Anton Frederik Bruun |
| Operator | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| Acquired | 9 August 1962 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics (in US Navy service) | |
| Displacement | 1,805 long tons (1,834 t) full load |
| Length | 243 ft 9 in (74.30 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Installed power | 1,100 bhp (820 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Winton diesel engines |
| Speed | 13.5 kn (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) |
| Complement | 81 |
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USS Williamsburg was a US Navy gunboat. A former private yacht, it also served as a presidential yacht from 1945 to 1953.