USS Galaxy

USS Galaxy (IX-54), was a diesel motor yacht built in 1930 by Pusey and Jones Company, in Wilmington, Delaware for Mr. Bernard W. Doyle, of Leominster, Massachusetts. Purchased by the United States Navy on 8 September 1941 and commissioned at East Boston, Massachusetts, on 20 September 1941. The Galaxy was the only ship of the Navy to hold this name.

History
United States
NameUSS Galaxy
BuilderPusey and Jones, Wilmington, Delaware
Launched1930
Acquiredby purchase, 8 September 1941
Commissioned20 September 1941
Decommissioned2 August 1945
In service2 August 1945
Out of service25 March 1946
Stricken1 May 1946
HomeportEast Boston
FateTransferred to Maritime Commission for disposal, 20 May 1946
General characteristics
TypeResearch ship
Displacement320 long tons (325 t)
Length130 ft (40 m)
Beam21 ft 4 in (6.50 m)
Draft7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)
PropulsionDiesel engines
Speed11.4 knots (21.1 km/h; 13.1 mph)
Complement27
ArmamentNone

Service history

Galaxy was acquired for the express purpose of research in underwater sound. Based at East Boston throughout her entire career, as a unit of the 1st Naval District, she completed a variety of assignments for the Underwater Sound Laboratory, Fort Trumbull, New London, Connecticut; experimental underwater sound work for the Bureau of Ships and the Harvard Underwater Sound Laboratory. These operations were carried out at Boston and off New London; and for a brief time off the Delaware breakwaters and in the Chesapeake Bay.

She was decommissioned and was placed "in service" on 2 August 1945, to continue her experimental assignments until placed out of service at Boston on 25 March 1946. Her name was struck from the Navy List on 1 May 1946 and she was transferred to the Maritime Commission on 20 May 1946 for disposal.

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References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.


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