Allied Warships

USS Skylark (ASR 20)

Submarine rescue vessel of the Penguin class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSubmarine rescue vessel
ClassPenguin 
PennantASR 20 
Built byCharleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched19 Mar 1946 
CommissionedMar 1951 
End service30 Jun 1993 
History

Ordered and laid down as fleet ocean tug USS Yustaga (AT-165)
Redesignated submarine rescue ship USS Yustaga(ASR-12) on 13 November 1945
Renamed USS Skylark on 5 December 1945
Decommissioned, stricken, sold to Brazil and commissioned into the Brazilian Navy as Gastao Moutinho (K-10) on 30 June 1993

 

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