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ARG-15 Masbate / ARV-2 Webster

Chourre Class Aircraft Repair Ship: Authorized as the Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship Masbate (ARG-15); Reclassified as an Aircraft Repair Ship, and renamed Webster, 22 February 1944; Laid down, 1 July 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull under a Maritime Commission contract at Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, MD.; Launched, 5 August 1944; Commissioned, USS Webster (ARV-2), 15 May 1945; Decommissioned, 8 June 1946; Laid up in the Reserve Fleet; Struck from the Naval Register 1962; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet; Final Disposition, fate unknown,

Specifications: Displacement 4,023 t.(lt) 14,250 t.(fl); Length 441' 6"; Beam 56' 11": Draft 27'; Speed 12kts; Complement 578; Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount; Propulsion, reciprocating steam engine, single propeller, 2,500shp.

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