USS Medusa at Pearl Harbor in February 1942, surrounded by floats supporting anti-torpedo netting
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Medusa |
Namesake | USS Medusa, a monitor launched in 1869[2] |
Builder | Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington[2] |
Laid down | 2 January 1920 |
Launched | 16 April 1923 |
Commissioned | 18 September 1924 |
Decommissioned | 18 November 1946[1] |
Stricken | 10 June 1947[1] |
Honors and awards | One battle star for World War II service |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 24 August 1950[1] |
Notes | Designated AR-1 on 17 July 1920[2] |
General characteristics | |
Type | Repair ship |
Displacement | 10,620 tons (8,125 tons standard)[1] |
Length | 483 ft 10 in (147.47 m) |
Beam | 70 ft 3 in (21.41 m) |
Draft | 19 ft 11 in (6.07 m) |
Installed power | 7,000 shp |
Propulsion | steam turbines |
Speed | 16 kn (30 km/h) |
Complement | 499[1] |
Armament |
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Armor | none |
Notes | The U.S. Navy's first purpose-built repair ship[2] |
USS Medusa (AR-1) was the United States Navy's first purpose-built repair ship. She served in the U.S. Navy from 1924 to 1946.