USS Mindanao (ARG-3)

	USS Mindanao on 16 December 1943
History
United States
Name	Elbert Hubbard; Mindanao;
Namesake	Elbert Hubbard; Mindanao;
Ordered	as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 983
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
Yard number	2133
Laid down	11 April 1943
Launched	13 May 1943
Acquired	20 May 1943
Commissioned	6 November 1943
Decommissioned	17 May 1947
Stricken	1 September 1961
Identification	Hull symbol: ARG-2; Code letters: NPYG; ;
Fate	Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 9 May 1961; Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, Virginia, 28 September 1976; Reefed 11 November 1980;
General characteristics
Class & type	Luzon-class Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship
Type	Type EC2-S-C1
Displacement	4,023 long tons (4,088 t) (light load); 14,350 long tons (14,580 t) (full load);
Length	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam	56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft	23 ft (7.0 m)
Installed power	2 × Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 220 psi (1,500 kPa) 450 °F (232 °C); 2,500 shp (1,900 kW);
Propulsion	1 × General Machine Corporation vertical triple expansion engines; 1 x propeller;
Speed	12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) (ship's trials)
Complement	31 officers, 552 enlisted
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual purpose (DP) gun; 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber (DP) gun; 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts; 12 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons AA mounts;

USS Mindanao (ARG-3) was a Luzon-class internal combustion engine repair ship in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947. She was sunk as an artificial reef in 1980.

History
USS Mindanao on 16 December 1943
United States
Name	Elbert Hubbard Mindanao
Namesake	Elbert Hubbard Mindanao
Ordered	as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 983
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
Yard number	2133
Laid down	11 April 1943
Launched	13 May 1943
Acquired	20 May 1943
Commissioned	6 November 1943
Decommissioned	17 May 1947
Stricken	1 September 1961
Identification	Hull symbol: ARG-2 Code letters: NPYG
Fate	Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 9 May 1961 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, Virginia, 28 September 1976 Reefed 11 November 1980
General characteristics
Class & type	Luzon-class Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship
Type	Type EC2-S-C1
Displacement	4,023 long tons (4,088 t) (light load) 14,350 long tons (14,580 t) (full load)
Length	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam	56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft	23 ft (7.0 m)
Installed power	2 × Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 220 psi (1,500 kPa) 450 °F (232 °C) 2,500 shp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion	1 × General Machine Corporation vertical triple expansion engines 1 x propeller
Speed	12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) (ship's trials)
Complement	31 officers, 552 enlisted
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual purpose (DP) gun 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber (DP) gun 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts 12 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons AA mounts