Allied Warships

USS Beaver (AS 5)

Submarine tender

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 Length: 380 feet Complement: 291 Armament: 4 5" guns (4x1) Speed: 16.5 kts Power: 4500 HP Engine: reciprocting engine, 1 shaft Acquired by the USN on 1 July 1917 and converted to a Submarine Tender at Mare Island Navy Yard Commissioned as USS Beaver 1 October 1918 Designated AS-5 on 17 July 1920 Reclassified as internal combustion engine repair ship (ARG-19) on 25 June 1945 Decommissioned on 17 July 1946

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	Marion Netherly Little, USN	2 Apr 1942	28 Jan 1943
4	Harry Taylor Chase, USN	28 Jan 1943	3 Apr 1943
5	Howard Lionel Clark, USN	3 Apr 1943	23 Apr 1944
6	Carl Edward Cullen, USN	23 Apr 1944	2 Oct 1945

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