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U.S.S. ULYSSES

(ARB-9)


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ARB-9 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
NOV1944-Keel Date: 2 NOV 1944
at Bethlehem Steel Company Hingham MA
DEC1944-Commissioned: 27 DEC 1944
DEC1944-Launch Date: 2 DEC 1944
FEB1947-Decommissioned: 28 FEB 1947

ARB-9 General Specifications

Class: Aristaeus-class repair ship

Named for: Ulysses

Complement: 260 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 1781 tons

Length: 328 feet

Beam: 50 feet

Flank Speed: 12 knots

Final Disposition: Transferred to West Germany 7 June 1961