USS PROTEUS AS-19 Personalized Canvas Paper Print

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USS Proteus AS-19
Decommissioned
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Originally a ship of the FULTON - class, the USS PROTEUS was commissioned as a diesel sub tender on January 31, 1944. From 1959-60, the PROTEUS was overhauled and reconfigured to service FBM submarines. During this overhaul her hull was sliced through, cutting the ship in half, and a forty-four-foot plug weighting 500 tons was added to the hull. This new section became the missile magazine.
Until 1964, the PROTEUS was assigned to SUBRON 14 at Holy Loch, Scotland, and to SUBRON 16 at Rota, Spain. From 1964 on, PROTEUS was assigned to SUBRON 15 at Apra Harbor, Guam.
Decommissioned on July 11, 1992, the PROTEUS was stricken from the Navy list in September 1992. However, in 1994 the PROTEUS was re-instated as IX 518 serving as berthing ship for overhaul crews at Bremerton, Wash. That last assignment ended in 1999, when IX 518 was retired and stricken for the last time. PROTEUS was later sold to Esco Marine, Brownsville, Tx., for scrapping. Scrapping was completed in early 2008.
Fulton Class Submarine Tender:
Laid down, 15 September 1941, at Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland, CA.
Launched, 12 November 1942
Commissioned USS Proteus (AS-19), 31 January 1944, CAPT. Robert W. Berry in command
Decommissioned in 1959 at Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, SC., for conversion to a Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Tender
Recommissioned, 8 July 1960
Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 30 September 1992
Reinstated in the Naval Register, and converted to a Berthing Auxiliary by George G. Sharp Inc., New York City, N.Y.
Placed in service at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. in 1994 as Miscellaneous Unclassified IX-518
Placed out of service, 30 September 1999
Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
Sold for scrapping to ESCO Marine, Brownsville, TX.
Withdrawn from reserve, 7 June 2007, for tow to ESCO Marine, Brownsville, TX.
Struck from the Naval Register, 13 March 2001
Final Disposition, sold to ESCO Marine for scrapping (,431,500.00), arrived at Brownsville 1 July 2007, scrapping completed 6 March 2008
Original Specifications:
Displacement 9,734 t.(lt) 15,034 t. (fl)
Length 529' 6"
Beam 73' 4"
Draft 23' 6"
Speed 15.4 kts.
Complement
Officers - 72
Enlisted - 1470
Largest Boom Capacity 20 t.
Armament
four single 5"/38 gun mounts
two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
twelve single 20mm AA gun mounts
Fuel Capacity
Diesel 26,560 Bbls
Propulsion
General Motors 16-248 Diesel-electric engines
single Fairbanks Morse Main Reduction Gears
Ship's Service Generators
three Diesel-drive 500Kw 450V A.C.
one Diesel-drive 250Kw 459V A.C.
twin propellers, 11,200shp
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