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USS Nereus (AS-17)

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entered the U.S. Naval Shipyard at Mare Island on 1 November for overhaul until 7 April 1967. Following refresher training she reported to ComSubFlot 1 for duty on 11 May. That month she visited Acapulco, Mexico, and became flagship for ComSubFlot 1 and ComSubRon 5. In the fall of 1967, UNIVAC 1500
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early in 1946, she stripped 39 Japanese submarines of all usable equipment and material before they were towed to sea for scuttling. US Marine demolition crews then sank the submarines with explosive charges in Operation "Roads End", 1–2 April.
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to be broken apart at ESCO Marine Inc. in Brownsville, Texas (USA), after being scrubbed of marine growth & loose exterior paint in the dry docks of Allied Defense Recycling (California Dry Dock Solutions) at Mare Island.
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as his flagship, announced six days of combat training exercises to take place the following week between San Diego and San Pedro. He expected to hoist his flag aboard cruiser
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sighted pack ice on the morning of 1 August 1947. After reaching 72’15’ north latitude, the ships continued independently along the ice pack to determine its shape.
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for the exercises, involving 20,000 men, 30 ships and hundreds of planes. “The fleet will concentrate on testing new weapons and techniques, Murray said.”
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to be serviced by a tender on the west coast. The following year she ministered to fleet ballistic missile (Polaris) submarine
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data processing equipment was installed to speed the tender operations. Into 1970 the tender served the submarines of the
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and acted as observer ship and advance base headquarters during the first firing of operational missiles from submarines.
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was later decommissioned in 1971, and, as of July 2012, it was to leave the Maritime Administration’s Reserve Fleet at
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with stops in Nagasaki and Manila. At Subic, the crew loaded torpedoes for transport back to the US.
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was primarily engaged in submarine repair and services at San Diego. On 24 April, Vice Admiral
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was assigned to TG 17.3. On 15 July she left for the Aleutian Islands where Rear Admiral
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some 130 miles off the west coast. In the spring of 1955, she accompanied submarines
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The cruise was followed by the ship's first overhaul, at Mare Island.
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provided underwater support for the operational evaluation of the
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weapons system. Two years later her versatility in servicing
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won her praise from ComSubPac, and the destroyer’s captain.
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Associated Press, “Air, Sea Attack On South Coast,”
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took part in the antisubmarine training. On 30 July
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USS Nereus

Nereus
Mare Island Navy Yard
Fulton-class
submarine tender
knots
5"/38 caliber guns
40 mm
20 mm
Fulton-class
submarine tender
United States Navy
Greek mythology
Nereus
Pontus
Gaia
Mare Island Navy Yard
Vallejo, California

submarine tender
Japan
Sasebo
Subic Bay
San Diego
California
Boarfish (SS-327)
Caiman (SS-323)
Cabezon (SS-334)
Alan R. McCann

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