USS Briareus

USS Briareus was originally the cargo ship SS Hawaiian Planter laid down as a Maritime Commission type C3 Mod. at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company for the Matson Line and delivered 15 May 1941. After a brief pre-war commercial service and allocation to the Army for transport the ship was purchased by the United States Navy in February 1943 and converted to a repair ship.

USS Briareus (AR-12) underway near New York Navy Yard, 16 November 1943, a day after commissioning
History
United States
Name
  • SS Hawaiian Planter (1941–16 February 1943)
  • USS Briareus 16 February 1943–9 September 1955)
  • Briareus (9 September 1955–1 January 1977)
NamesakeBriareus
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company
Launched14 February 1941
Acquired16 February 1943
Commissioned15 November 1943
Decommissioned15 October 1946
Recommissioned22 September 1951
Decommissioned9 September 1955
Stricken1 January 1977
FateSold, delivered for scrapping 14 December 1980
General characteristics
Class and typeDelta-class repair ship
Tonnage7,798 GRT as SS Hawaiian Planter
Displacement8,975 long tons (9,119 t)
Length
  • 468 ft 3 in (142.7 m) as SS Hawaiian Planter
  • 490 ft 6 in (149.5 m)
Beam
  • 69 ft 7 in (21.2 m) as SS Hawaiian Planter
  • 69 ft 6 in (21.2 m)
Draft
  • 29 ft 5 in (9.0 m) as SS Hawaiian Planter
  • 26 ft 9 in (8.2 m)
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement903
Armament
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