Allied Warships

USS Otus (AS 20)

Submarine tender

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine tender
Class	[No specific class]
Pennant	AS 20
Built by	Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	3 Jun 1940
Launched	2 Nov 1940
Commissioned	19 Mar 1941
End service	20 Aug 1946
History	Displacement: 5775 BRT Length: 420 feet Complement: 644 Armament: 4 4" AA guns (2x2) Speed: 15 kts Acquired by the USN on 1 March 1941 and converted to a submarine tender Commissioned as USS Otus (AS-20) on 19 March 1941 Reclassified as an internal combustion engine repair ship (ARG-20) on 25 June 1945 Decommissioned on 20 August 1946 Sold on 21 August 1946 Stricken on 25 September 1946

Commands listed for USS Otus (AS 20)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Joel Newsom, USN	19 Mar 1941	27 Sep 1943 (1)
2	T/Cdr. Lloyd Dallas Follmer, USN	27 Sep 1943	Jan 1945
3	T/Cdr. George Thomas Boldizsar, USN	Jan 1945	1 Apr 1946

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Sources

http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/o5/otus.htm

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