USS Willoughby (AGP-9)
USS Willoughby (AGP-9) on 24 June 1944, six days after commissioning |
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| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Willoughby |
| Namesake: | Willoughby Bay, an estuary of Hampton Roads in Virginia |
| Builder: | Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, Washington |
| Laid down: | 15 March 1943 |
| Launched: | 21 August 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. D. R. Lee |
| Commissioned: | 18 June 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 26 June 1946 |
| Reclassified: | From seaplane tender, AVP-57, to motor torpedo boat tender, AGP-9, on 11 May 1943 |
| Struck: | 19 July 1946 |
| Honors and awards: |
Three battle stars for her World War II service |
| Fate: | Transferred to United States Coast Guard 27 May 1946 |
| Notes: | Served in U.S. Coast Guard as USCGC Gresham (WAVP-387), later WHEC-387, later WAGW-387, 26 June 1946-25 April 1973 Sold for scrapping 25 October 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Barnegat-class seaplane tender, converted during construction into a motor torpedo boat tender |
| Displacement: | 1,766 tons (light) 2,592 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 310 ft 9 in (94.72 m) |
| Beam: | 41 ft 1 in (12.52 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
| Installed power: | 6,000 horsepower (4.48 megawatts) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel engine, two shafts |
| Speed: | 18.2 knots |
| Complement: | 246 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Radar; sonar |
| Armament: | 2 x 5-inch (127-millimeter) gun 8 x 40-millimeter antiaircraft guns 8 x 20-millimeter antiaircraft guns 2 x depth charge tracks |
The second USS Willoughby (AGP-9) was a motor torpedo boat tender that served in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946.
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