USS Ulysses (ARB-9)
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USS Ulysses (ARB-9) was planned as a United States Navy LST-542-class tank landing ship, but was redesignated as one of twelve Aristaeus-class battle damage repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Ulysses (a character in Greek mythology and the protagonist of Homer's epic poem, the Odyssey, which tells of his arduous voyage back to Ithaca, his home, after the Trojan War), she was the second US Naval vessel to bear the name.
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Namesake | Ulysses |
Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
Yard number | 3437[1] |
Laid down | 2 November 1944 |
Launched | 2 December 1944 |
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Decommissioned |
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Stricken | 1961 |
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Fate | Transferred to the West Germany Navy, 7 June 1961 |
West Germany | |
Name | Odin |
Namesake | Odin |
Commissioned | 2 July 1960 |
Identification | Hull symbol: A512 |
Fate | Scrapped |
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Displacement | |
Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft | 11 ft 2 in (3.40 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.6 kn (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph) |
Complement | 15 officers, 271 enlisted men |
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