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Prometheus Class, U.S. Repair Ships


Photograph of Prometheus-class repair ship

National Archives #50272

Specifications:


Tonnage 8100 tons standard displacement
Dimensions 465'9" by 60'2" by 18'
141.96m by 18.34m by 5.49m
Maximum speed       16 knots
Complement
737
Armament 2 3"/50 AA guns
Machinery
2-shaft triple expansion reciprocating (7500 shp)
3 White-Forester boilers
Bunkerage
1250 tons
Modifications
Armament increased to 1 5"/51 gun, 4 3" guns, and 2x2 40mm Bofors antiaircraft guns by the end of the war.


The Prometheus class were former colliers converted to repair ships in 1913-1914. The two ships were not strictly sister ships, but were similar enough that they are sometimes listed as such, as we have done here.

The Vestal was moored alongside the Arizona when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, and she took two bomb hits as well as considerable damage from the Arizona magazine explosion. Her captain beached her to prevent her from sinking, and she was repaired for service throughout the war, giving particularly crucial service during the South Pacific campaign of 1942-1943.


Units in the Pacific:

Vestal      

Pearl Harbor

Prometheus    
Recommissioned 1942-5-15 (Bremerton)


Photo Gallery

Prometheus in profile

NARA

Vestal in profile

U.S. Navy

Vestal repairs cruiser St. Louis

U.S. Navy

Prometheus undergoing refit, stern view

NARA


References

DANFS

NavSource.org



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