HMS Destiny (W 115)
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| Name: | HMS Destiny (W115) |
| Builder: | Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan |
| Laid down: | 10 April 1942 |
| Launched: | 1 July 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 30 July 1942 |
| Struck: | 8 May 1946 |
| Fate: | Returned to the United States Navy, 13 June 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Favourite classTugboat |
| Displacement: | 835 tons full |
| Length: | 143 ft |
| Beam: | 33 ft 10 in (extreme) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 2 in (limiting) |
| Propulsion: |
one General Motors Diesel-electric model 12-278A single Fairbanks Morse Main Reduction Gear Ship's Service Generators one Diesel-drive 60Kw 120V D.C. one Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D.C. single propeller, 1,500shp |
| Speed: | 13 knots |
| Complement: | 5 officers and 40 enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 x single 20mm gun mounts |
HMS Destiny (W 115) was a Favourite class tug of the Royal Navy during World War II.
Service History
Destiny was laid down on 10 April 1942 at Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan as BAT-9, launched 1 July 1942 and commissioned into the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease on 30 July 1942. She served through World War II and was returned to the United States Navy in Subic Bay on 13 June 1946 and struck on 8 May 1946. On 6 January 1948, she was sold to Moller on 6 January 1948 and renamed Frosty Moller. In 1950, she was renamed Christine Moller and sold in 1951 to a Dutch owner and renamed Oceanus. In 1953, she was again sold and renamed Gee Zee. After a decade, she was resold to Greek owners and renamed Atlas. Renamed Atlas II in 1976, her final disposition is unknown.[1]
References
- ↑ "Rescue Tug (ATR)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
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