USS Briareus

USS Briareus (AR-12) underway near New York Navy Yard, 16 November 1943, a day after commissioning
History
United States
Name	SS Hawaiian Planter (1941–16 February 1943) USS Briareus 16 February 1943–9 September 1955) Briareus (9 September 1955–1 January 1977)
Namesake	Briareus
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company
Launched	14 February 1941
Acquired	16 February 1943
Commissioned	15 November 1943
Decommissioned	15 October 1946
Recommissioned	22 September 1951
Decommissioned	9 September 1955
Stricken	1 January 1977
Fate	Sold, delivered for scrapping 14 December 1980
General characteristics
Class and type	Delta-class repair ship
Tonnage	7,798 GRT as SS Hawaiian Planter[1]
Displacement	8,975 long tons (9,119 t)
Length	468 ft 3 in (142.7 m) as SS Hawaiian Planter[1] 490 ft 6 in (149.5 m)[2]
Beam	69 ft 7 in (21.2 m) as SS Hawaiian Planter[1] 69 ft 6 in (21.2 m)[2]
Draft	29 ft 5 in (9.0 m) as SS Hawaiian Planter[1] 26 ft 9 in (8.2 m)[2]
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	903
Armament	1 × 5"/38 caliber gun 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun

USS Briareus was originally the cargo ship SS Hawaiian Planter laid down as a Maritime Commission type C3 Mod. at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company for the Matson Line and delivered 15 May 1941.^[3][2] After a brief pre-war commercial service and allocation to the Army for transport the ship was purchased by the United States Navy in February 1943 and converted to a repair ship.^[2]