Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Repair ship |
Class | Laertes |
Pennant | AR 19 |
Built by | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc. (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 6 Jun 1944 |
Launched | 31 Jul 1944 |
Commissioned | 9 May 1945 |
End service | 26 Feb 1947 |
History | Decommissioned on 26 February 1947 Stricken on 1 September 1962 Sold to be broken up for scrap on 15 July 1974 |
Commands listed for USS Xanthus (AR 19)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Cdr. Stanley Gilbert Nichols, USN | 9 May 1945 | 3 Jan 1947 |
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