USS Skylark (ASR-20) (Paperback)


High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Skylark (ASR-20) was Penguin-class submarine rescue ship of the United States Navy. The ship was laid down in July 1945 as the Navajo-class fleet tug Yustaga (ATF-165) by the Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. of Charleston, South Carolina. While under construction Yustaga was redesignated a submarine rescue ship on 11 October 1945, assigned the hull designation ASR-20 on 13 November 1945, and renamed Skylark on 5 December 1945. She was launched on 19 March 1946, sponsored by Mrs. H. C. Weatherly, and was placed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, berthed first at Charleston and later at New London, Connecticut, until 1 March 1951, when she was finally commissioned, Lt. Comdr. Romolo Cousins in command.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Skylark (ASR-20) was Penguin-class submarine rescue ship of the United States Navy. The ship was laid down in July 1945 as the Navajo-class fleet tug Yustaga (ATF-165) by the Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. of Charleston, South Carolina. While under construction Yustaga was redesignated a submarine rescue ship on 11 October 1945, assigned the hull designation ASR-20 on 13 November 1945, and renamed Skylark on 5 December 1945. She was launched on 19 March 1946, sponsored by Mrs. H. C. Weatherly, and was placed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, berthed first at Charleston and later at New London, Connecticut, until 1 March 1951, when she was finally commissioned, Lt. Comdr. Romolo Cousins in command.

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Imprint

Betascript Publishing

Country of origin

United States

Release date

September 2010

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First published

September 2010

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Dimensions

152 x 229 x 7mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

116

ISBN-13

978-6132958587

Barcode

9786132958587

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6132958584



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