HOWARD W. GILMORE (AS-16)
Year Built
1943
Official Number
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Shipyard
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
General Type
Naval Auxiliary
Specific Type
AS Submarine Tender
MARAD Type
Military
Ship Length
529.50 feet
Beam
73.30 feet
Mast Height
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Net Tons
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Gross Tons
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Cargo Capacity
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Draft, Summer
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Draft, Lightweight
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Displacement, Summer
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Displacement, Lightweight
8638.00 tons
Immersion, Summer
68.00 tons
Immersion, Lightweight
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Fate
Scrapped
Historical Narrative
There is no historical narrative for this vessel at this time.
Vessel Name History
Mission
| Mission Name |
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| World War II |
Historical Documents
No documents for this vessel
Milestones
| Event | Date | Content |
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Entry
| 2/14/1995 | |
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Acquisition
| 2/14/1995 | NAVY N/R CATEGORY X |
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Acquisition
| 5/1/1999 | Title transfer to MARAD |
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Donation Hold
| 2/8/2005 | "Awarded to BTC on this date, until March 2006." |
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| 3/8/2005 | Donation Hold awarded to BTC on 2/8/2005 until 03/01/2006. |
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Scrap Contract Award
| 2/10/2006 | "Disposal contract for the ship awarded on this date to Bay Bridges Enterprise, Chesapeake, VA." |
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Final Departure
| 3/30/2006 | "Ship departed on this date for Bay Bridges Inc., Chesapeake, VA under scrapping services contract." |
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Interim Movement
| 3/30/2006 | ENRTE: Bay Bridges Inc., Chesapeake, VA under scrapping services contract |
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Destruction
| 11/20/2006 | "Vessel was destroyed on this date via dismantlement in Chesapeake, VA by Bay Bridges, Inc." |
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Administrative Note
| 4/15/2007 | "The vessel was erroneously reported to MAR-612 by MAR-610.3 as destroyed on November 20th, 2006, but official destruction was not actually completed until April 2007. It was decided not revise the previous official inventory reports when this administrative error was discovered in March 2007." |
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Withdrawl
| 11/20/2007 |
Ship Imagery
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Status Cards
Documents
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Plans
No documents for this vessel
Shipwreck Information
Vessel Information
Owner
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Operator
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Operator Agreement
Unknown
Flag State
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Incident Information
Incident Date
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Use at Loss
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Cause
Scrapped
Cause Comments
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Conflict
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Location of Incident
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Accuracy of Incident Location
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Lat/Long
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Incident Location Comments
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Lives Lost
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