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USS Alecto (AGP-14)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Yankee - Bravo
NJYB

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

USS Alecto (AGP-14) was transferred to Turkey, renamed TCG Onaran (A581)

Portunus Class Motor Torpedo Boat Tender:

Authorized as LST-977

Reclassified as a Motor Torpedo Boat Tender, 14 August 1944

Laid down, 12 December 1944, at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipbuilding Co., Baltimore, MD.

Launched, 15 January 1945

Placed in reduced commission, 8 February 1945, for transit to her fitting out yard, LT. Robert W. Gorton USNR in command

Decommissioned, 23 February 1945, at her fitting out yard, Maryland Drydock Co., Baltimore, MD.

Recommissioned USS Alecto (AGP-14), 28 July 1945, LT. Robert H. Souden USNR in command

Decommissioned, 28 June 1946, at Charleston, S.C.

Struck from the Naval Register, 28 June 1947

Transferred to Turkey, 10 May 1948, renamed TCG Onaran (A581)

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 4,100 t.
Length 328'
Beam 50'
Draft 11' 2"
Speed 11.6 kts.

Complement

Officers 41

Enlisted 250

Largest Boom Capacity 60 t.

Boats 2 LCVP

Armament

two quad 40mm AA gun mounts

eight single 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacities

Diesel 4,480 Bbls

Gasoline 62,000 Gals

Propulsion

two General Motors 12-568A Diesel engines

single Falk Main Reduction Gears
Ship's Service Generators
three Diesel-drive 100Kw 120V.240V D.C.
two Diesel-drive 100Kw 450V A.C.

two propellers, 1,800shp

twin rudders

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS Alecto (AGP-14)
	110k	*USS Alecto* (AGP-14)** underway in Chesapeake Bay off Bethlehem, Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, MD., 7 August 1945, just after completion of conversion. The second (starboard) "A" frame hoist is clearly visible. US. National Archives, RG-19-LCM, photo # 19-N-87327, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Robert Hurst
	77k	*USS Alecto* (AGP-14)** at Albany, N.Y., circa October 1945.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
TCG Onaran (A581)
	43k	Ex-*USS Alecto* (AGP-14) at anchor with bow doors open while in Turkish Naval service as TCG Onaran (A581)**, circa 1950, location unknown.	Robert Hurst
	31k	*TCG Onaran* (A581)** dressed ship while at anchor, circa 1953, location unknown.	Robert Hurst
	73k	*TCG Onaran* (A581) underway in 1949 with TCG Demirhisar (D-17) and TCG Gayet (D-15)** both ex British Iris class destroyers.	Cüneyt Demir
	59k	*TCG Onaran* (A581)** in 1950 with two destroyers alongside.	Cüneyt Demir
	143k	*TCG Onaran* (A581)** underway, date and location unknown. Note the A-frame cranes have been eliminated. Official Turkish Navy photo.	Cüneyt Demir and Yucel M. Umar GMC Turkish Navy Retired
	43k	*TCG Onaran* (A581)** underway, date and location unknown.	Cüneyt Demir
	69k	*TCG Onaran* (A581)** underway, date and location unknown. Official Turkish Navy photo.	Cüneyt Demir
	53k	*TCG Onaran* (A581)** at anchor, circa 1967, location unknown. Official Turkish Navy photo from 1967-68 edition of "Jane's Fighting Ships"	Robert Hurst
	57k	*TCG Onaran* (A581)** at anchor, circa 1967, location unknown. Official Turkish Navy photo.	Cüneyt Demir
	38k	Post card photo of *TCG Onaran* (A581)** at anchor, circa 1970, at Gölcük, Turkey.	Cüneyt Demir
09091417	268k	*TCG Onaran* (A581)** underway in 1971, location unknown.	Jacques Druel
	81k	*TCG Onaran* (A581)** moored pierside while preparing to be retired from the Turkish fleet in 1990, location unknown.	Cüneyt Demir
	191k	Drawing by Cüneyt Demir of *TCG Onaran* (A581)**	Cüneyt Demir
	47k	*TCG Onaran* (A581)** at anchor, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar GMC Turkish Navy Retired
	157k	*TCG Onaran* (A581)** ship's plaque	Yucel M. Umar GMC Turkish Navy Retired

USS Alecto (AGP-14)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Gorton, Robert Wallace, USNR	8 February 1945 - 23 February 1945
	Decommissioned	23 February 1945 - 28 July 1945
02	LT. Souden, Robert Henry, USNR	28 July 1945 - 28 June 1946


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