USS Windlass
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USS Windlass (ARS(D)-4), a Gypsy-class salvage lifting vessel of the United States Navy, was originally conceived as LSM-552 and laid down on 27 August 1945 at Houston, Texas, by Brown Shipbuilding Corporation. Launched on 7 December 1945; and commissioned on 9 April 1946 in Houston at the Tennessee Coal and Iron Docks.
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USS Windlass ARS(D)-4 at anchor | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Windlass |
Ordered | 1945, as LSM-552 |
Builder | Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas |
Launched | 7 December 1945 |
Commissioned | 9 April 1946 |
Decommissioned | 23 November 1965 |
Renamed | USS Windlass, 1 May 1945 |
Reclassified |
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Stricken | 1 August 1972 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 6 March 1973 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gypsy-class salvage lifting vessel |
Displacement | 816 long tons (829 t) |
Length | 224 ft 9 in (68.50 m) |
Beam | 34 ft 10 in (10.62 m) |
Draft | 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × Fairbanks-Morse (model 38D81/8X10, reversible with hydraulic clutch) diesel engines, direct drive with 1,440 bhp (1,074 kW) each at 720 rpm, twin screws |
Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Range | 4,900 nmi (9,100 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) (928 tons displacement) |
Complement | 65 officers and enlisted |
Armament | None |
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