USS Nahant (AN-83)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Nahant |
| Namesake | Nahant |
| Builder | Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon |
| Laid down | 31 March 1945 |
| Launched | 30 June 1945 |
| Commissioned | 24 August 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 31 July 1946 |
| Recommissioned | 14 February 1952 |
| Decommissioned | 30 September 1968 |
| Stricken | 1 October 1968 |
| Fate | Sold to Uruguay, 15 October 1968 |
| Uruguay | |
| Name | ROU Huracan |
| Namesake | Huracan |
| Acquired | 15 October 1968 |
| Decommissioned | 25 January 1993 |
| Identification | BT-30 |
| Fate | Sold to private owner, converted to a barge |
| Status | Extant as a floating workshop/office |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Cohoes-class net laying ship |
| Displacement | 855 long tons (869 t) |
| Length | 169 ft (52 m) |
| Beam | 34 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric, 2,500 hp (1,864 kW) |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 54 |
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USS Nahant (YN-102/AN-83) was the third ship to be named Nahant. Originally the ship was authorized as YN-102, Nahant was reclassified AN–83 on 20 January 1944; laid down 31 March 1945 by the Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon; launched 30 June 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Hazel H. Childs; and commissioned 24 August 1945.