U.S.S. Medusa
AR-1
1938
(Saratoga Model Shipyard SMY-35)
- Class: Medusa - 1 repair ship of 1920
- Displacement: 10,620 tons full load
- Dimensions: 484 x 70 x 21 ft.
- Machinery: Steam turbine, SHP 7,000 = 16 knots
- Armament: 4-5"/51, 2-3"/50 A.A. guns
- Complement: 512
- Builder: Puget Sound Navy Yard
- Laid down: 2 Jan 1920
- Launched: 16 Apr 1923
- Commissioned: 18 Sep 1924
- Notes: First purpose built USN repair ship. Pacific fleet service 1924-41. At Pearl Harbor on 7 Dec 1941. In SW Pacific and New Guinea area from Apr 1943 to Dec 1944. Moved to the Philippines, Okinawa, and Manus from Jan 1945. Returned to US in Nov 1945 and decommissioned Nov 1947 at Bremerton; scrapped 1950.
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