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AS-20 / ARG-20 Otus

Laid down, 3 June 1940 as SS Fred Morris, a Maritime type C3 hull, under a Maritime Commission contract at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock, Kearny, NJ; Launched, 2 November 1940; Acquired by the Navy, 1 March 1941; Converted to a Submarine Tender; Commissioned USS Otus (AS-20), 19 March 1941; Reclassified as an Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship (ARG-20), 25 June 1945; Decommissioned, 20 August 1946; Sold the next day; Struck from the Naval Register, 25 September 1946; As of 1970 Otus was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA; Final disposition, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 5,775 t.(lt); Length 417' 9"; Beam 60'; Draft 20' 2"; Speed 15kts; Complement 644; Armament, two twin 4" gun mounts.

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There is no DANFS History currently available for Otus (AS-20) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

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Fleet Reserve Association

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