USS Williamsburg (AGC-369)
President Truman boards USS Williamsburg in 1946 |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Aras |
| Owner: | Hugh J. Chisholm |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down: | 19 March 1930 |
| Launched: | 8 December 1930 |
| Acquired: | 15 January 1931 |
| Fate: | Acquired by the US Navy, 24 April 1941 |
| Career | |
| Name: | USS Williamsburg |
| Namesake: | Williamsburg, Virginia |
| Acquired: | 24 April 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 7 October 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 June 1953 |
| Struck: | 1 April 1962 |
| Fate: | Transferred to National Science Foundation, 9 August 1962 |
| Career | |
| Name: | Anton Bruun |
| Namesake: | Anton Frederik Bruun |
| Operator: | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| Acquired: | 9 August 1962 |
| Fate: | Sold 1971 Currently laid up in La Spezia, Italy |
| General characteristics (in US Navy service) | |
| Displacement: | 1,805 long tons (1,834 t) full load |
| Length: | 243 ft 9 in (74.30 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Draft: | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Winton diesel engines, 1,100 bhp (820 kW) |
| Speed: | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) |
| Complement: | 81 |
| Armament: | • 2 × 3 in (76 mm) gun mounts • 6 × .50 cal. machine guns • 2 × .30 cal. Lewis machine guns • 2 × depth charge tracks • 1 × "Y" gun • Small arms; 16 rifles and 10 pistols |
USS Williamsburg was a US Navy gunboat, a former private yacht, that served as a presidential yacht from 1945 to 1953.
Read more about USS Williamsburg (AGC-369): Private Yacht, U.S. Naval Service, National Science Foundation, Subsequent Disposition, References