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U.S.S. USS ARL 6

(ARL-6)


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ARL-6 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAR1943-Keel Date: 25 MAR 1943
at Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co. Jeffersonville IN
JUN1943-Launch Date: 9 JUN 1943
JUL1943-Commissioned: 26 JUL 1943
AUG1943-Decommissioned: 2 AUG 1943

ARL-6 General Specifications

Class: Achelous class repair ship

Complement: 255 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 2220 tons

Length: 328 feet

Beam: 50 feet

Draft: 11 feet 2 in

Final Disposition: Transferred to the Royal Navy 2 August 1943Sold to Argentina 20 August 1947