Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Submarine tender |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | AS 5 |
Built by | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 27 Nov 1909 |
Commissioned | 1 Oct 1918 |
End service | 17 Jul 1946 |
History | Displacement: 4737 BRT Acquired by the USN on 1 July 1917 and converted to a Submarine Tender at Mare Island Navy Yard |
Commands listed for USS Beaver (AS 5)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Cdr. William Edward Hilbert, USN | 16 Dec 1938 | 2 Oct 1941 |
2 | Cdr. Albert Tilden Sprague, USN | 2 Oct 1941 | 2 Apr 1942 |
3 | T/Cdr. Marion Netherly Little, USN | 2 Apr 1942 | 28 Jan 1943 |
4 | Harry Taylor Chase, USN | 28 Jan 1943 | 3 Apr 1943 |
5 | T/Cdr. Howard Lionel Clark, USN | 3 Apr 1943 | 23 Apr 1944 |
6 | T/Cdr. Carl Edward Cullen, USN | 23 Apr 1944 | 2 Oct 1945 |
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