USS Leyte (ARG-8)

USS Leyte (ARG-8) on 26 August 1944
History
United States
Name	USS Leyte
Namesake	Leyte, an island in the Philippines
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland
Laid down	20 January 1944
Launched	18 February 1944
Commissioned	17 August 1944
Decommissioned	30 August 1946
Renamed	USS Maui (ARG-8), 31 May 1945
Stricken	April 1967
Fate	Scrapped, 1972
General characteristics
Type	Repair ship
Displacement	5,159 long tons (5,242 t) light 8,700 long tons (8,840 t) full
Length	442 ft (135 m)
Beam	57 ft (17 m)
Draft	23 ft (7.0 m)
Propulsion	Reciprocating steam engine, single shaft
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement	574 officers and enlisted
Armament	1 × 5"/38 caliber gun 2 × 3"/50 caliber guns 4 × 40 mm guns

USS Leyte (ARG-8), later USS Maui (ARG-8), was a Luzon-class internal combustion engine repair ship that saw service in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1972.