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AR-12 Briareus

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Whiskey - Papa
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Delta Class Repair Ship:
  • Laid down as SS Hawaiian Planter, a Maritime Commission type (C3 hull), under a Maritime Commission contract at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA.
  • Launched in 1941
  • Delivered, 15 May 1941, to the Matson Line
  • Purchased by the US Navy, 16 February 1943
  • Commissioned USS Briareus (AR-12), 15 November 1943, CDR. J. F. Warris USN in command
  • Decommissioned, 15 October 1946
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Norfolk Group
  • Recommissioned, 22 September 1951, at Norfolk, VA., Capt. W. J. O’Brien in command
  • Decommissioned, 9 September 1955, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Norfolk Group
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 7 June 1972, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 January 1977
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 19 November 1980, to Jacobson Metal Co., Chesapeake, VA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 8,975 t.
    Length 490' 6"
    Beam 69' 6"
    Draft 23' 6"
    Speed 18 kts.
    Complement 903
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    Propulsion unknown
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    Briareus 53k Briareus (AR-12) underway, date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Briareus 71k Briareus (AR-12) at anchor, 17 February 1944, location unknown. Robert Hurst
    Briareus 35k Briareus (AR-12) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Robert Hurst
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    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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