USS Echols

40.641925°N 74.166316°W / 40.641925; -74.166316

USS Echols
History
United States
NameEchols
NamesakeEchols
Awarded8 July 1943
BuilderBoston Navy Yard
Laid down11 August 1944
Launched30 July 1945
Sponsored byMrs. Dorothy O'Brien
Acquired1 January 1947
CommissionedJanuary 1947
Decommissioned30 September 1955
Reclassified
  • APB-37, 1944
  • IX-504, 1971
Stricken22 December 1995
HomeportNew London
Identification
FateSold to Clean Waters of New York, 12 June 2003
General characteristics
Class and typeBenewah-class barracks ship
Displacement
  • 2,190 long tons (2,225 t) (standard)
  • 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) (full load)
Length328 ft 0 in (99.97 m)
Beam50 ft 0 in (15.24 m)
Draft11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × General Motors 12-567A Diesel engines
  • double Falk Main Reduction Gears
  • 5 × Diesel-drive 100kW 120V/240V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
  • 2 × propellers, 1,800shp
  • twin rudders
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Capacity
  • 26 officers
  • 1,200 enlisted
  • 2,975 Bbls (Diesel)
Complement
  • 12 officers
  • 129 enlisted
Armament

USS Echols (APB-37) is a Benewah-class barracks ship of the United States Navy.[1]

Construction and career

The ship was laid down on 11 August 1944, by the Boston Navy Yard and launched on 30 July 1945, sponsored by Miss Dorothy O'Brien. She was commissioned in January 1947.[2][3]

The ship was put into the inactive in commissioned status as Echols (APB-37) at Atlantic Reserve Fleet, 6th Naval District from January 1947 until 1961, where she was to Norfolk. Echols was later towed to Groton to accommodate submarine crews at the Naval Submarine Base New London.[2]

In 1971, she was re-designated as IX-504.

On 22 December 1955, Echols was struck from the Naval Register.[2]

The ship was sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, on 12 January 2003.[4] Between April 2005 and August 2006, the ship was sold to Clean Waters of New York and has been in used since then as an indoor shop and floating office.[2][5]

References
  1. "Echols". public2.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  2. "Self-propelled Barracks Ship APB-37 Echols". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  3. "ECHOLS (IX 504)". Naval Vessel Register. 12 June 2003. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  4. "Barracks Ships and Barges (APB, APL)". ShipBuildingHistory. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  5. Google Earth Pro


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.