AR-9 USS Delta, Delta class Repair Ship, USN, MRO, Photo

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Code Number:: MYNV09P15_09.1705
Title:: AR-9 USS Delta, Delta class Repair Ship, USN, United States Navy, Ship, vessel, hull, MRO; Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding
Launched: 2 April 1941
Acquired: 4 June 1941
Commissioned: 16 June 1941
Decommissioned: 5 March 1947
Recommissioned: 1 November 1950
Decommissioned: 1 December 1955
Recommissioned: 31 October 1959
Decommissioned: 20 June 1970
Struck: 1 October 1970
Fate: Sold for scrapping 1983
Displacement: 8,975 long tons light
Length: 490 feet 6 in (149.50 m)
Beam: 69 feet 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft: 23 feet 6 in (7.16 m)
Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Armament: 1 5 in (130 mm) gun
4 3 in (76 mm) guns
Complement: 903
Geared turbine engines, single screw, 8,500 hp
Built at Newport News, and commissioned as AK-29 16 June 1941
Reclassified AR-9 1 July 1942
Keywords:: Navy, Military, Armament, Killingry, Weaponry, warfare, Naval, Weapon, Maritime, History, Archives, Historic, Armed Force
Image by:: Charles Hemphill

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Code Number:: MYNV09P15_09.1705
Title:: AR-9 USS Delta, Delta class Repair Ship, USN, United States Navy, Ship, vessel, hull, MRO; Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding
Launched: 2 April 1941
Acquired: 4 June 1941
Commissioned: 16 June 1941
Decommissioned: 5 March 1947
Recommissioned: 1 November 1950
Decommissioned: 1 December 1955
Recommissioned: 31 October 1959
Decommissioned: 20 June 1970
Struck: 1 October 1970
Fate: Sold for scrapping 1983
Displacement: 8,975 long tons light
Length: 490 feet 6 in (149.50 m)
Beam: 69 feet 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft: 23 feet 6 in (7.16 m)
Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Armament: 1 5 in (130 mm) gun
4 3 in (76 mm) guns
Complement: 903
Geared turbine engines, single screw, 8,500 hp
Built at Newport News, and commissioned as AK-29 16 June 1941
Reclassified AR-9 1 July 1942
Keywords:: Navy, Military, Armament, Killingry, Weaponry, warfare, Naval, Weapon, Maritime, History, Archives, Historic, Armed Force
Image by:: Charles Hemphill
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