USS Clytie

	USS Clytie (AS-26), exiting Fremantle Harbour, Australia, September 1945.
History
United States
Name	Clytie
Namesake	Clytie
Ordered	as type (C3-S-A2) hull, MC hull 861
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Launched	26 November 1943
Acquired	26 February 1944
Commissioned	26 February 1944 (reduced commission)
Decommissioned	3 April 1944
Commissioned	18 January 1945 (full commission)
Decommissioned	5 October 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: AS-26; Code letters: NBMW; ;
Fate	Scrapped in 1971
General characteristics
Class and type	Aegir-class submarine tender
Displacement	16,500 long tons (16,800 t) (full)
Length	492 ft 6 in (150.11 m)
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft	27 ft (8.2 m)
Installed power	2 × Foster–Wheeler D-type 465 psi (3,210 kPa) 765 °F (407 °C) steam boilers; 8,500 shp (6,300 kW);
Propulsion	1 × General Electric steam turbine; General Electric double reduction main gears; 1 × Propeller;
Speed	18.4 kn (34.1 km/h; 21.2 mph)
Complement	82 Officers 1,378 Enlisted
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual purpose gun; 4 × single 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns; 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) mounts; 20 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons AA;

USS Clytie (AS-26) was an Aegir-class submarine tender in the United States Navy during World War II.

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