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USS ''Euryale'' (AS-22) was built as the ''Hawaiian Merchant'' by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Kearny, New Jersey for the Matson Navigation Company. ''Hawaiian Merchant'' was launched 12 April 1941, minutes after sister ship , and was completed April 1941. Matson intended the ship to join and ''Hawaiian Shipper'' in the U.S. Pacific Coast—Australia route. The ship was under United States Army Transportation Corps charter when the United States went to war and came under the control of the War Shipping Administration which allocated the ship to the Army's continued charter until the ship was purchased 15 April 1943 by the United States Navy and commissioned 2 December 1943 as USS ''Euryale'' (AS-22), serving as a submarine tender through the war. ''Euryale'' was decommissioned 7 October 1946, going into reserve until 9 August 1972 when she was delivered to the Maritime Administration with immediate sale to American Ship Dismantler, Inc. for disposal. ==Construction and design== ''Hawaiian Merchant'' was one of four Maritime Commission Type C3 hulls ordered by Matson (''Hawaiian Shipper'' from the same builder with ''Hawaiian Planter'' and from Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock) with custom variants for interior and structure fitted for the intended route and service. In particular, passenger accommodations were eliminated shortening the deck house, there was no raised forecastle and cargo handling increased by addition of two king posts and four winches. As designed the hull was length over all, molded beam, depth molded to the shelter deck, depth molded to the freeboard deck with a loaded draft of . There were seven watertight bulkheads providing for eight compartments, five of which were holds forward of the engine room: * #1 with a hatch of X of * #2 with a hatch of X of * #3 with a hatch of X of and two holds aft of the engine room: * #4 with a hatch of X of * #5 with a hatch of X of There were no refrigerated cargo spaces but deep tanks under #2 and #5 holds had a combined bulk liquid cargo capacity of 1,871 tons. Steam was provided by two Foster Wheeler "D" type marine water tube boilers at 465 psi delivered to a a De Laval steam turbine with 11 high and 7 low pressure stages, double reduction geared for a rating of 8,500 shaft horsepower at 85 rpm to a four bladed bronze propeller of diameter with pitch. Two 300 kilowatt 120/240 volt direct current generators driven by steam turbines provided electric power. A diesel 12 kilowatt generator on the shelter deck level provided emergency power. The ship's fuel capacity was 1,672 tons for a cruising radius of at 16.5 knots. Water capacities were 68 tons of fresh, 18 tons of distilled and 314 tons of boiler feed water.. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Euryale (AS-22)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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