USS Palmyra

USS Palmyra (ARST-3) was a Laysan Island-class salvage craft tender of the United States Navy.

History
United States
Name	USS Palmyra
Namesake	Palmyra Atoll
Builder	Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana
Laid down	11 December 1944
Launched	20 February 1945
Commissioned	28 July 1945
Decommissioned	20 June 1947
Renamed	Palmyra, 23 December 1944
Reclassified	ARST-3, 8 December 1944
Stricken	1 June 1973
Fate	Sold for scrap 1 April 1974
General characteristics
Type	Laysan Island-class salvage craft tender
Displacement	3,800 long tons (3,861 t) full
Length	328 ft (100 m)
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	14 m (46 ft)
Propulsion	two General Motors 12-567A Diesel engines single Falk Main Reduction Gears four Diesel-drive 100 kW 120 / 240 V DC twin rudders twin propellers, 1,800 shp
Speed	11.6 knots (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph)
Complement	269
Armament	2 × quad 40mm AA gun 12 × single 20mm AA guns

Service history

She was laid down on 11 December 1944 as LST-1100 at the Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. She was named Palmyra on 23 December 1944 and commissioned on 28 July 1945.

After shakedown in the Gulf of Mexico, Palmyra transited the Panama Canal and joined ServRon 10 of the Service Force in the Pacific Fleet. She served with ServRon 10 at Guam up to February 1946. Palmyra then became part of TU 1.2.7, the salvage unit for Operation Crossroads. She arrived at Bikini Atoll in May 1946 and participated in preparations for the tests. After the nuclear tests were completed. she helped the salvage operations. Palmyra reported to ComLantResFit on 6 February 1947 and was decommissioned on 20 June 1947, joining the Reserve Fleet at Orange, Texas.

After more than twenty years in reserve, Palmyra was struck in 1973 and sold for scrapping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office on 1 April 1974.

References

 This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.