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Cable Ships of the United States Navy: Aeolus Class Cable Repair Ships, Neptune Class Cable Ships, Aeolus Class Cable Repair Ships, Neptune Class Cable Ships, USS Vanadis, USS Niagara USS

Cable Ships of the United States Navy: Aeolus Class Cable Repair Ships, Neptune Class Cable Ships, Aeolus Class Cable Repair Ships, Neptune Class Cable Ships, USS Vanadis, USS Niagara USS


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Aeolus Class Cable Repair Ships, Neptune Class Cable Ships, Uss Vanadis, Uss Niagara, Usns Albert J. Myer, Uss Trapper, Uss Portunus, Usns Neptune, Uss Nashawena, Uss Aeolus, Uss Thor. Excerpt: USS Vanadis (AKA-49) was an Artemis-class attack cargo ship named after 76 Freia, a minor planet. Vanadis is an alternative name for Freia, the Norse goddess of love and beauty. USS Vanadis (AKA-49) was later converted to an Aeolus-class cable repair ship and renamed Thor (ARi4), after the Norse god of thunder. Vanadis (AKA-49) was laid down on 18 April 1945 under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1910) at Providence, Rhode Island, by the Walsh-Kaiser Co., Inc.; launched on 8 June 1945; sponsored by Mrs. J. Henry Gill; acquired by the Navy on 9 July 1945; and commissioned the same day, Lt. Comdr. E. B. Williams in command. Following shakedown out of Hampton Roads, Vanadis arrived at Newport, Rhode Island, on 4 August and began shuttling back and forth between that port and Hampton Roads. In mid-December, the attack cargo ship headed for the Gulf of Mexico. After visiting Mobile, Alabama; Gulfport, Mississippi; and Jacksonville, Florida, she arrived at Boston. On 6 February, she reported to the Commandant, 1st Naval District, for inactivation. Vanadis was placed out of commission on 27 March 1946. Her name was struck from the Navy List on 5 June 1946; and, on 2 July, she was transferred to the Maritime Commission. After almost nine years of inactivity berthed with the National Defense Reserve Fleet at James River, Virginia Vanadis was reacquired by the Navy on 14 April 1955 and reinstated on the Navy List as AKA-49. On 30 June, she entered the Bethlehem Steel Co.'s yard at Baltimore, Maryland, for conversion to a cable repair ship. She was rede... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=6336740


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  • ISBN-13: 9781158146819
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 42
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 73 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1158146817
  • Publisher Date: 14 Jun 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Aeolus Class Cable Repair Ships, Neptune Class Cable Ships, Aeolus Class Cable Repair Ships, Neptune Class Cable Ships, USS Vanadis, USS Niagara USS
  • Width: 229 mm


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