History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Nahant |
Namesake | Nahant |
Builder | Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon |
Laid down | 31 March 1945 |
Launched | 30 June 1945 |
Commissioned | 24 August 1945 |
Decommissioned | 31 July 1946 |
Recommissioned | 14 February 1952 |
Decommissioned | 30 September 1968 |
Stricken | 1 October 1968 |
Fate | Sold to Uruguay, 15 October 1968 |
Uruguay | |
Name | ROU Huracan |
Namesake | Huracan |
Acquired | 15 October 1968 |
Decommissioned | 25 January 1993 |
Identification | BT-30 |
Fate | Sold to private owner, converted to a barge |
Status | Extant as a floating workshop/office |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Cohoes-class net laying ship |
Displacement | 855 long tons (869 t) |
Length | 169 ft (52 m) |
Beam | 34 ft (10 m) |
Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric, 2,500 hp (1,864 kW) |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 54 |
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USS Nahant (YN-102/AN-83) was the third ship to be named Nahant. Originally the ship was authorized as YN-102, Nahant was reclassified AN–83 on 20 January 1944; laid down 31 March 1945 by the Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon; launched 30 June 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Hazel H. Childs; and commissioned 24 August 1945.