USS Delta (AR 9)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Repair ship
Class	Delta
Pennant	AR 9
Built by	Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down
Launched	2 Apr 1941
Commissioned	16 Jun 1941
End service
History	Commissioned as cargo ship USS Delta (AK-29) on 16 June 1941 Redesignated a repair ship on 1 July 1942 and placed in reduced commission for conversion to a repair ship Recommissioned and redesignated AR-9 on 3 March 1943 Decommissioned on 5 March 1947 Recommissioned on 1 November 1950 Decommissioned on 1 December 1955 Recommissioned on 31 October 1959 Decommissioned on 20 June 1970 Stricken on 1 October 1977 Sold on 19 July 1983

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	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. Colin de Vere Headlee, USN	19 Jun 1941	13 Apr 1944 (1)
2	Cdr. Clarence Floyd Swanson, USN	13 Apr 1944	5 Sep 1945 (1)

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