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USS Beaver (ARG-19)
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 USS Beaver (AS-5) (1920 - 1945)
 USS Beaver (ID-2302) (1917 - 1920)

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Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Yangtze Service Medal
Second Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal
Third Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Beaver Class Submarine Tender:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA. as a passenger-steamer for the Union Pacific Railroad
  • Launched, 27 November 1909
  • Delivered to Union Pacific Railroad, 13 November 1910
  • Acquired by the Navy, 1 July 1917, and given the registry ID-2302
  • Converted to a Submarine Tender at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Commissioned USS Beaver, 1 October 1918, LCDR. James A. Logan in command
  • Designated (AS-5), 17 July 1920
  • Reclassified Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship, (ARG-19), 25 June 1945
  • Decommissioned, 17 July 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Transferred to the War Shipping Administration for disposal, 5 August 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 28 August 1950 to Boston Metals Corp., Baltimore, MD., scrapped in 1952
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,737 t.(lt) 6,250 t.(fl)
    Length 380'
    Beam 47'
    Draft 20' 3"
    Speed 16.5 kts,
    Complement 373
    Armament
    four single 5" gun mounts
    two single 3" gun mounts
    two single 1-pdrs
    two machine guns
    Propulsion reciprocating engine, 4,500 hp
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    Beaver 92k SS Beaver in port, prior to entering Naval service, date unknown.
    US Navy photo # NH 99154 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center .    		 US Naval Historical Center
    USS Beaver (ID-2302)
    Beaver 83k USS Beaver (ID-2302) underway off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., when first converted to a submarine tender, circa October 1918. Note, her pattern camouflage.
    US Navy photo # NH 56365 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center .    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Beaver 90k USS Beaver (ID-2302) at anchor off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, with six submarines alongside, circa late 1918. The submarines are (in no particular order):
    USS R-15 (Submarine # 92);
    USS R-16 (Submarine # 93);
    USS R-17 (Submarine # 94);
    USS R-18 (Submarine # 95);
    USS R-19 (Submarine # 96) and
    USS R-20 (Submarine # 97).
    US Navy photo # NH 56366 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center .    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Beaver 91k USS Beaver (ID-2302) at a tropical port, probably in the Panama Canal Zone, circa late 1918. Note, her disruptive camouflage.
    US Navy photo # NH 99183 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, collection of Chief Electrician's Mate Virgil Breland. Donated by Mrs. E.H. Breland, 1979.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Beaver 63k USS Beaver (ID-2302) in port, circa 1919, with USS R-20 (Submarine # 97) and other "R-Boats" alongside. Note, the identification symbols painted on the submarines' conning towers.
    US Navy photo # NH 56364 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    USS Beaver (AS-5)
    Beaver 57k USS Beaver (AS-5) at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, PA., in 1920. She was then commanded by Captain Thomas C. Hart USN.
    US Navy photo # NH 95179 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, collection of Admiral Thomas C. Hart, USN.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Beaver 94k USS Beaver (AS-5) at anchor during the early 1920s, with six "S-Type" submarines alongside.
    US Navy photo # NH 69314 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy of ESKC Joseph L. Aguillard, USNR, 1969.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Savannah 92k Control Force submarines and their tenders at Christobal, Panama Canal Zone, circa 1923. The tenders are (from left to right): USS Savannah (AS-8), USS Bushnell (AS-2), USS Beaver (AS-5) and USS Camden (AS-6). Submarines are mostly "R" type boats, among them USS R-23 (SS-100) and USS R-25 (SS-102), both in the nest alongside Savannah's port quarter. The larger submarine alongside Savannah's bow may be USS S-1 (SS-105), with her large seaplane hangar. Photo by A.E. Wells.
    US Navy photo # NH 42573 courtesy of CDR. Christopher Noble, USN (Retired), 1967. From the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Beaver 102k USS Beaver (AS-5) off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., 14 March 1925.
    US Navy photo # NH 1927 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Beaver 62k USS Beaver (AS-5) leads the destroyers USS Kidder (DD-319) and USS Macdonough (DD-331) out to sea through the Golden Gate, off San Francisco, CA., 15 April 1925.
    US Navy photo # NH 72402 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy of Charles M. Loring, 1970    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Beaver 80k USS Beaver (AS-5) at Pearl Harbor in 1925, with five "S-Type" submarines alongside. The barracks ship Alton (IX-5), the old protected cruiser Chicago, is in the right background. Photographed by Peck.
    US Navy photo # NH 70944 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, donation of Lieutenant Gustave Freret, USN (Retired), 1970.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Beaver 44k USS Beaver (AS-5) at anchor with British L-class submarines including HMS L-2 alongside, circa 1925, location unknown. Robert Hurst
    S-30-35 122k USS Beaver (AS-5) at Olongapo, Philippines, with six submarines alongside, March 1929, from front to rear::
    USS S-32 (SS-137);
    USS S-35 (SS-140);
    USS S-30 (SS-135);
    USS S-33 (SS-138);
    USS S-31 (SS-136); and
    USS S-34 (SS-139).
    US Navy photo # NH 59967
    from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center         		U.S. Naval Historical Center
    Beaver 39k Broadside view of USS Beaver (AS-5) underway, 7 April 1942, location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Beaver 107k Aft plan view of USS Beaver (AS-5) at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 12 September 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6423-43    		 Darryl Baker
    Beaver 101k Forward plan view of USS Beaver (AS-5) at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 12 September 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6424-43    		 Darryl Baker
    Beaver 58k Stern view of USS Beaver (AS-5) departing Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 20 September 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6581-43    		 Darryl Baker
    Beaver 101k Broadside view of USS Beaver (AS-5) departing Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 20 September 1943. Beaver was at Mare Island from 5 September to 20 September 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6583-43    		 Darryl Baker
    Beaver 63k Bow on view of USS Beaver (AS-5) departing Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 20 September 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6585-43    		 Darryl Baker
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