USS Apollo

	USS Apollo (AS-25), loading supplies off New York circa late 1944. Covered lighter YF-236 and a tug are alongside.
History
United States
Name	Apollo
Namesake	Apollo
Ordered	as type (C3-S-A2) hull, MC hull 860
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Laid down	24 June 1943
Launched	6 November 1943
Acquired	31 December 1943
Commissioned	31 December 1943 (reduced commission)
Decommissioned	14 January 1944
Commissioned	29 September 1944 (full commission)
Decommissioned	12 February 1946
Stricken	1 July 1963
Identification	Hull symbol: AS-25; Code letters: NUVA; ;
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 1974
General characteristics
Class & type	Aegir-class submarine tender
Displacement	16,500 long tons (16,800 t) (full)
Length	492 ft 6 in (150.11 m)
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft	27 ft (8.2 m)
Installed power	2 × Foster–Wheeler D-type 465 psi (3,210 kPa) 765 °F (407 °C) steam boilers; 8,500 shp (6,300 kW);
Propulsion	1 × General Electric steam turbine; General Electric double reduction main gears; 1 × Propeller;
Speed	18.4 kn (34.1 km/h; 21.2 mph)
Complement	82 Officers 1,378 Enlisted
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual-purpose gun; 4 × single 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns; 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) mounts; 20 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons AA;

USS Apollo (AS-25) was an Aegir-class submarine tender in the United States Navy.

History
USS Apollo (AS-25), loading supplies off New York circa late 1944. Covered lighter YF-236 and a tug are alongside.
United States
Name	Apollo
Namesake	Apollo
Ordered	as type (C3-S-A2) hull, MC hull 860
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Laid down	24 June 1943
Launched	6 November 1943
Acquired	31 December 1943
Commissioned	31 December 1943 (reduced commission)
Decommissioned	14 January 1944
Commissioned	29 September 1944 (full commission)
Decommissioned	12 February 1946
Stricken	1 July 1963
Identification	Hull symbol: AS-25 Code letters: NUVA
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 1974
General characteristics
Class & type	Aegir-class submarine tender
Displacement	16,500 long tons (16,800 t) (full)
Length	492 ft 6 in (150.11 m)
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft	27 ft (8.2 m)
Installed power	2 × Foster–Wheeler D-type 465 psi (3,210 kPa) 765 °F (407 °C) steam boilers 8,500 shp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × General Electric steam turbine General Electric double reduction main gears 1 × Propeller
Speed	18.4 kn (34.1 km/h; 21.2 mph)
Complement	82 Officers 1,378 Enlisted
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual-purpose gun 4 × single 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) mounts 20 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons AA