USS Clytie

USS Clytie (AS-26), exiting Fremantle Harbour, Australia, September 1945.
History
United States
Name	Clytie
Namesake	Clytie
Ordered	as type (C3-S-A2) hull, MC hull 861
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Launched	26 November 1943
Acquired	26 February 1944
Commissioned	26 February 1944 (reduced commission)
Decommissioned	3 April 1944
Commissioned	18 January 1945 (full commission)
Decommissioned	5 October 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: AS-26 Code letters: NBMW
Fate	scrapped in 1971
General characteristics
Class and type	submarine tender
Displacement	16,500 long tons (16,800 t) (full)
Length	492 ft 6 in (150.11 m)
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft	27 ft (8.2 m)
Installed power	2 × 465 psi (3,210 kPa) 765 °F (407 °C) steam boilers 8,500 shp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × General Electric steam turbine General Electric double reduction main gears 1 × Propeller
Speed	18.4 kn (34.1 km/h; 21.2 mph)
Complement	82 Officers 1,378 Enlisted
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual purpose gun 4 × single 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) mounts 20 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons AA

USS Clytie (AS-26) was an submarine tender in the United States Navy during World War II.

Construction[]

Clytie was launched 26 November 1943 by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, under a Maritime Commission contract, MC hull 861. Clytie was sponsored by Mrs. C. H. Leavitt; and transferred to the Navy 26 February 1944, and placed in temporary commission for passage to her conversion yard, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Hoboken, New Jersey. Clytie was placed in full commission 18 January 1945 with Commander C. H. Walker in command.

Service history[]

Clytie sailed from New London 21 February 1945 for Brisbane, and Fremantle submarine base, Western Australia, where she tended submarines of the 7th Fleet from 4 April to 13 September. Returning to New London 17 October, Clytie remained there except for a brief overhaul at Philadelphia until placed out of commission in reserve 5 October 1946.

References[]

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links[]

• Photo gallery of USS Clytie (AS-26) at NavSource Naval History