USS Gypsy (ARS(D)-1)
Gypsy underway at Houston, Texas, 20 February 1946 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Gypsy |
| Ordered | 1945, as LSM-549 |
| Builder | Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas |
| Laid down | 25 August 1945 |
| Launched | 7 December 1945 |
| Commissioned | 18 March 1946 |
| Decommissioned | 21 January 1948 |
| Renamed | USS Gypsy, 1 May 1945 |
| Reclassified | ARS(D)-1 (Salvage Lifting Vessel), 24 April 1945 |
| Recommissioned | 8 August 1951 |
| Decommissioned | 23 December 1955 |
| Stricken | 1 June 1973 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 1 January 1974 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Gypsy-class salvage lifting vessel |
| Displacement | 816 long tons (829 t) |
| Length | 224 ft 9 in (68.50 m) |
| Beam | 34 ft 10 in (10.62 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Fairbanks-Morse (model 38D81/8X10, reversible with hydraulic clutch) diesel engines, direct drive with 1,440 bhp (1,074 kW) each at 720 rpm, twin screws |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Range | 4,900 nmi (9,100 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) (928 tons displacement) |
| Complement | 65 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 2 × 20 mm AA guns |
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USS Gypsy (ARS(D)-1) was the lead ship of her class of salvage lifting vessels serving in the United States Navy. Originally designated LSM-549, she was launched by Brown Shipbuilding Corporation, Houston, Texas, on 7 December 1945, and commissioned on 18 March 1946 at Houston.