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U.S.S. SKYLARK
(ASR-20)PAR ONORI
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USS SKYLARK (ASR-20) - a Penguin-class submarine rescue ship
In Commission 1951 to 1973ASR-20 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a ASR-20 Shellback Initiation | Add a ASR-20 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAR | 1946 | - | Launch Date: 19 MAR 1946 | ||
| MAR | 1951 | - | Commissioned: 1 MAR 1951 | ||
| JAN | 1952 | - | JAN | 1953 | North Atlantic |
| SEP | 1954 | - | SEP | 1954 | In attendance during USS Nautilus sea trials |
| JAN | 1959 | - | JUL | 1960 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1963 | - | JUL | 1963 | Mediterranean |
| APR | 1963 | - | APR | 1963 | On site when USS Thresher Sank off Portsmouth Harbour |
| MAY | 1965 | - | SEP | 1965 | Med Cruse |
| DEC | 1970 | - | MAR | 1971 | Mediterranean |
| JUN | 1972 | - | NOV | 1972 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| JUN | 1973 | - | Decommissioned: 30 JUN 1973 | ||
ASR-20 General Specifications
Class: Penguin-class submarine rescue ship
Named for: Skylark
Complement: 106 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 1735 tons
Length: 205 feet
Beam: 39 feet 3 inches
Flank Speed: 16 knots
Final Disposition: Sold to Brazil 30 June 1973
USS SKYLARK (ASR-20)
SKYLARK was laid down in July 1945 as the Navajo-class fleet tug Yustaga (ATF-165)
by the Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. of Charleston, South Carolina.
While under construction Yustaga was redesignated a submarine rescue ship on
11 October 1945, assigned the hull designation ASR-20 on 13 November 1945,
and renamed Skylark on 5 December 1945. She was launched on 19 March 1946,
sponsored by Mrs. H. C. Weatherly, and was placed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet,
berthed first at Charleston and later at New London, Connecticut, until 1 March 1951,
when she was finally commissioned, Lt. Comdr. Romolo Cousins in command.
[Note: The above USS SKYLARK (ASR-20) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS SKYLARK (ASR-20), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]