Global Information Lookup Global Information

USS Hooper Island information


History
USS Hooper IslandUnited States
NameHooper Island
NamesakeHooper's Island
BuilderBethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Inc
Laid down16 September 1944
Launched30 October 1944
Commissioned13 July 1945
Decommissioned15 July 1959
In service1945
Out of service1959
Stricken1 July 1960
FateSold for scrapping, 2 November 1960
Notes
  • Hull number: ARG-17
  • Ship International Radio Callsign: NKFP
General characteristics
Class and typeLuzon-class repair ship
Displacement5,159 t.(lt) 14,350 t.(limiting)
Length441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft23 ft (7.0 m)
Complement30 officers, 471 enlisted
Armament
  • 1 × 5-inch/38 cal. gun dual purpose mount
  • 3 × 3-inch/50 cal. dual purpose mounts
  • 2 × twin 40 mm AA mounts

USS Hooper Island (ARG-17) was a Luzon-class repair ship designated for internal combustion engine repair in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1948 and from 1952 to 1959. She was sold for scrapping in 1960.

and 12 Related for: USS Hooper Island information

Request time (Page generated in 1.2627 seconds.)

USS Hooper Island

Last Update:

USS Hooper Island (ARG-17) was a Luzon-class repair ship designated for internal combustion engine repair in service with the United States Navy from...

Word Count : 582

Repair ship

Last Update:

(ARG-14) USS Masbate (ARG-15), later ARV-2 aircraft repair ship USS Kermit Roosevelt (ARG-16) USS Hooper Island (ARG-17) USS Beaver (ARG-19), ex-AS-5 USS Otus...

Word Count : 987

List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy

Last Update:

USS APc-1 USS APc-2 USS APc-3 USS APc-4 USS APc-5 USS APc-6 USS APc-7 USS APc-8 USS APc-9 USS APc-10 USS APc-11 USS APc-12 USS APc-13 USS APc-14 USS APc-15...

Word Count : 19764

USS Grunion

Last Update:

22 December 1941, sponsored by Mrs. Stanford C. Hooper, wife of Rear Admiral Stanford Caldwell Hooper, and commissioned on 11 April 1942 with Lieutenant...

Word Count : 1250

USS Carl Vinson

Last Update:

USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is the United States Navy's third Nimitz-class supercarrier. She is named for Carl Vinson (1883–1981), a congressman from Georgia...

Word Count : 6761

Wrangel Island

Last Update:

Muir, who published the first description of Wrangel Island. In the same year on 23 August, the USS Rodgers, commanded by Lieutenant R. M. Berry during...

Word Count : 6260

Grace Hopper

Last Update:

throughout the 60s. The U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper was named for her, as was the Cray XE6 "Hopper" supercomputer at NERSC...

Word Count : 6953

USS Kermit Roosevelt

Last Update:

USS Kermit Roosevelt (ARG-16) was a Luzon-class internal combustion engine repair ship that saw service in the United States Navy during World War II...

Word Count : 579

Holy Loch

Last Update:

it was owned by Terry Hooper who ran the yard servicing mostly the US Navy. After the US navy packed up and left the area Hooper sold the yard in the 1990s...

Word Count : 1653

Last surviving United States war veterans

Last Update:

Pennsylvania State Militia. Hiram Cronk (1800–1905) – New York Militia. James Hooper Jr. (1804–1898) – U.S. Navy. Served on the schooner Comet during the Battle...

Word Count : 3020

USS Fairfax

Last Update:

1917 by Mare Island Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. H. George; and commissioned 6 April 1918, Lieutenant Commander Stanford Caldwell Hooper in command. Fairfax...

Word Count : 1506

Paulet affair

Last Update:

American agent William Hooper protested the takeover to Kearny. American Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones arrived with the USS United States on 22 July...

Word Count : 1470

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net