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USS Prometheus (AR-3)
Repair ship of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Ontario and USS Prometheus.
USS Prometheus (AR-3) was a repair ship that served the United States Navy during World War I and World War II. Named after Greek mythology figure Prometheus, she was originally laid down as a collier on 18 October 1907 at the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California; launched on 5 December 1908; and commissioned 15 January 1910 as USS Ontario (Fleet Collier No. 2).
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![]() USS Prometheus (Fleet Repair Ship No. 2) at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba in January, 1920. Note the battleships in the background. | |
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Name | USS Ontario (Fleet Collier No. 2) |
Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard |
Laid down | 18 October 1907 |
Launched | 5 December 1908 |
Commissioned | 15 January 1910 |
Decommissioned | 7 April 1913 |
Fate | Converted to a repair ship |
Name | USS Prometheus (Repair Ship No. 2) |
Commissioned | 23 December 1914 |
Decommissioned | 4 October 1924 |
Recommissioned | 15 May 1942 |
Decommissioned | 1 July 1946 |
Stricken | 31 July 1946 |
Fate | Sold, 29 August 1950 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Repair ship |
Displacement | 8,940 long tons (9,083 t) |
Length | 466 ft 4 in (142.14 m) |
Beam | 60 ft 2 in (18.34 m) |
Draft | 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m) |
Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement | 737 |
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Awards: | 1 Battle star (WWII) |
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