HMS Cheerly (W 153)
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Levingston Shipbuilding Company, Orange, Texas |
| Launched: | 23 July 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 18 January 1944 |
| Struck: | 12 April 1946 |
| Fate: | Returned to US Navy, 19 February 1946 and sold for merchant service 1948 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 852 tons light |
| Length: | 165 ft 6 in (50.44 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft 4 in (10.16 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) |
| Propulsion: | one Prescott Co. vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
two Foster Wheeler "D"-type boilers, 200psi, Sat two Turbo drive Ships Service Generators, 60kw 120V D.C. single propeller, 1,600 hp |
| Speed: | 12.2 knots (22.6 km/h; 14.0 mph) |
| Complement: | 5 officers, 47 enlisted |
| Armament: |
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HMS Cheerly (W 153) was a Favourite class tug of the Royal Navy during World War II.
Service History
Cheerly was laid down in early 1943 at the Levingston Shipbuilding Company in Orange, Texas as ATR-95, launched 23 July 1943 and commissioned into the Royal Navy as Cheerly under Lend-Lease on 18 January 1944. Cheerly served as a rescue tug with convoys in the English Channel and also Gibraltar convoy ON273. [1] She was returned to the United States Navy on 19 February 1946, struck on 12 April 1946 and sold for merchant service in 1948. [2]
References
- ↑ "www.thamestugs.co.uk". www.thamestugs.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
- ↑ "Rescue Tug (ATR)". www.navsource.org. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
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