USS Oahu (ARG-5)

USS Oahu (ARG-5) moored at Norfolk Navy Yard, 12 May 1944.
History
United States
Name	Caleb C. Wheeler Oahu
Namesake	Caleb C. Wheeler Oahu
Ordered	as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 1782[1]
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
Yard number	2230[1]
Laid down	14 August 1943
Launched	9 September 1943
Acquired	15 September 1943
Commissioned	4 April 1944
Decommissioned	7 January 1947
Identification	Hull symbol: ARG-5 Code letters: NPZB
Honors and awards	1 battle star (WWII)
Fate	Laid up, Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego, California, 7 January 1947 Transferred, National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, California, 13 March 1961 Sold for scrapping, 27 March 1978, withdrawn from fleet, 6 July 1978
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Luzon-class Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship
Type	Type EC2-S-C1
Displacement	4,023 long tons (4,088 t) (light load) 14,350 long tons (14,580 t) (full load)
Length	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam	56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft	23 ft (7.0 m)
Installed power	2 × Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 220 psi (1,500 kPa) 450 °F (232 °C) 2,500 shp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion	1 × General Machine Corporation vertical triple expansion engines 1 x propeller
Speed	12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) (ship's trials)
Complement	31 officers, 552 enlisted
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual purpose (DP) gun 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber (DP) gun 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts 12 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons AA mounts

USS Oahu (ARG-5) was a Luzon-class internal combustion engine repair ship that saw service in the United States Navy during World War II. Named for the Island of Oahu, third largest island in the Hawaiian chain, it was the second US Naval vessel to bear the name.