USS Briareus (AR-12) underway near New York Navy Yard, 16 November 1943, a day after commissioning. |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Briareus |
| Namesake: | Briareus |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company |
| Launched: | 1941 |
| Acquired: | 16 February 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 15 November 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 October 1946 |
| Recommissioned: | 22 September 1951 |
| Decommissioned: | 9 September 1955 |
| Struck: | 1 January 1977 |
| Fate: | Sold, December 1980 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Delta-class repair ship |
| Displacement: | 8,975 long tons (9,119 t) |
| Length: | 490 ft 6 in (149.50 m) |
| Beam: | 69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) |
| Draft: | 26 ft 9 in (8.15 m) |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement: | 903 |
| Armament: | • 1 × 5"/38 caliber gun • 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun |
USS Briareus was a Delta-class repair ship of the United States Navy. Originally laid down as the cargo ship SS Hawaiian Planter in 1941 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company for the Matson Line, she was purchased by the Navy on 16 February 1943 and renamed Briareus, then designated a repair ship AR-12. She was converted to naval service by the Bethlehem Steel Company at Brooklyn, New York and commissioned on 15 November 1943 with Commander John F. Warris in command.