USS Prometheus (AR-3)
USS Prometheus (Fleet Repair Ship No. 2) at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba in January 1920. Note the battleships in the background. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Ontario (Fleet Collier No. 2) |
| Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard |
| Laid down | 18 October 1907 |
| Launched | 5 December 1908 |
| Commissioned | 15 January 1910 |
| Decommissioned | 7 April 1913 |
| Fate | Converted to a repair ship |
| Name | USS Prometheus (Repair Ship No. 2) |
| Commissioned | 23 December 1914 |
| Decommissioned | 4 October 1924 |
| Recommissioned | 15 May 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 1 July 1946 |
| Stricken | 31 July 1946 |
| Fate | Sold, 29 August 1950 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Repair ship |
| Displacement | 8,940 long tons (9,083 t) |
| Length | 466 ft 4 in (142.14 m) |
| Beam | 60 ft 2 in (18.34 m) |
| Draft | 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m) |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 737 |
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| Service record | |
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| Awards: | 1 Battle star (WWII) |
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USS Prometheus (AR-3) was a repair ship that served the United States Navy during World War I and World War II. Named after Greek mythology figure Prometheus, she was originally laid down as a collier on 18 October 1907 at the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California; launched on 5 December 1908; and commissioned 15 January 1910 as USS Ontario (Fleet Collier No. 2).