_underway_on_1_April_1945_(NH_96913).jpg) 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.