USS Palmyra (ARST-3)

History
Name: USS Palmyra
Namesake: Palmyra Atoll
Builder: Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana
Laid down: 11 December 1944
Launched: 20 February 1945
Commissioned: 28 July 1945
Decommissioned: 20 June 1947
Renamed: Palmyra, 23 December 1944
Reclassified: ARST-3, 8 December 1944
Struck: 1 June 1973
Fate: Sold for scrap 1 April 1974
General characteristics
Type: Laysan Island-class salvage craft tender
Displacement: 3,800 long tons (3,861 t) full
Length: 328 ft (100 m)
Beam: 50 ft (15 m)
Draft: 14 m (46 ft)
Propulsion:

two General Motors 12-567A Diesel engines single Falk Main Reduction Gears four Diesel-drive 100Kw 120V/240V D.C. twin rudders

twin propellers, 1,800shp
Speed: 11.6 knots (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph)
Complement: 269
Armament:

USS Palmyra (ARST-3) was a Laysan Island class salvage craft tender of the United States Navy.

Service History

She was laid down on 11 December 1944 as LST-1100 at the Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. She was named Palmyra on 23 December 1944 and commissioned on 28 July 1945.

After shakedown in the Gulf of Mexico, Palmyra transited the Panama Canal and joined ServRon 10 of the Service Force in the Pacific Fleet. She served with ServRon 10 at Guam up to February 1946. Palmyra then became part of TU 1.2.7, the salvage unit for Operation Crossroads. She arrived at Bikini Atoll in May 1946 and participated in preparations for the tests. After the nuclear tests were completed. she helped the salvage operations. The Palmyra reported to ComLantResFit on 6 February 1947 and was decommissioned on 20 June 1947, joining the Reserve Fleet at Orange, Texas.

After more than twenty years in reserve, Palmyra was struck in 1973 and sold for scrapping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office on 1 April 1974.[1]

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

  1. "USS Palmyra (ARST-3)". Navsource.
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