USS Beaver (AS 5)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine tender
Class	[No specific class]
Pennant	AS 5
Built by	Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down
Launched	27 Nov 1909
Commissioned	1 Oct 1918
End service	17 Jul 1946
History	Displacement: 4737 BRT Length: 380 feet Complement: 291 Armament: 4 5" guns (4x1) Speed: 16.5 kts Power: 4500 HP Engine: reciprocting engine, 1 shaft Acquired by the USN on 1 July 1917 and converted to a Submarine Tender at Mare Island Navy Yard Commissioned as USS Beaver 1 October 1918 Designated AS-5 on 17 July 1920 Reclassified as internal combustion engine repair ship (ARG-19) on 25 June 1945 Decommissioned on 17 July 1946

Please note that we're still working on this section
and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.

	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. William Edward Hilbert, USN	16 Dec 1938	2 Oct 1941
2	Cdr. Albert Tilden Sprague, USN	2 Oct 1941	2 Apr 1942
3	T/Cdr. Marion Netherly Little, USN	2 Apr 1942	28 Jan 1943
4	Harry Taylor Chase, USN	28 Jan 1943	3 Apr 1943
5	T/Cdr. Howard Lionel Clark, USN	3 Apr 1943	23 Apr 1944
6	T/Cdr. Carl Edward Cullen, USN	23 Apr 1944	2 Oct 1945

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