USS Briareus (AR 12)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Repair ship
Class	Delta
Pennant	AR 12
Built by	Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down
Launched	14 Feb 1941
Commissioned	15 Nov 1943
End service
History	Acquired by the USN on 16 February 1943 Converted to a repair ship and commissioned as USS Briareus (AR-12) on 15 November 1943 Decommissioned on 15 October 1946 Recommissioned on 22 September 1951 Decommissioned on 9 September 1955 Stricken on 1 January 1977 Sold on 19 November 1980

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	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. John Ford Warris, USN	15 Nov 1943	26 Sep 1944 (1)
2	Cdr. Clifford Thomas Corbin, USN	26 Sep 1944	11 Aug 1945 (1)
3	Charles Wilkes, USN	11 Aug 1945	15 Oct 1946

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