ASR-16 Tringa

Chanticteer Class Submarine Rescue Ship:

  • Laid down, 12 July 1945, at Savannah Machinery and Foundry, Co., Savannah, GA.
  • Launched, 25 June 1946
  • Commissioned USS Tringa (ASR-16), 28 January 1947
  • Decommissioned, 30 September 1977, and struck from the Naval Register the same day
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet, maintenance category X
  • Final Disposition, to be disposed of by target or test

    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,780 t.(lt) 2,045 t.(fl)
    Length 251' 4"
    Beam 42'
    Draft 16' (max)
    Speed 14.5 kts.
    Complement 102
    Armament two single 3"/50 gun mounts, eight 20mm guns, four depth charge tracks
    Propulsion diesel-electric, single shaft, 3,000shp.

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