USS Echols

	USS Echols
History
United States
Name	Echols
Namesake	Echols
Awarded	8 July 1943
Builder	Boston Navy Yard
Laid down	11 August 1944
Launched	30 July 1945
Sponsored by	Mrs. Dorothy O'Brien
Acquired	1 January 1947
Commissioned	January 1947
Decommissioned	30 September 1955
Reclassified	APB-37, 1944; IX-504, 1971;
Stricken	22 December 1995
Homeport	New London
Identification	Callsign: NUIZ; ; Hull number: APL-37;
Fate	Sold to Clean Waters of New York, 12 June 2003
General characteristics
Class and type	Benewah-class barracks ship
Displacement	2,190 long tons (2,225 t) (standard); 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) (full load);
Length	328 ft 0 in (99.97 m)
Beam	50 ft 0 in (15.24 m)
Draft	11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
Propulsion	2 × General Motors 12-567A Diesel engines; double Falk Main Reduction Gears; 5 × Diesel-drive 100kW 120V/240V D.C. Ship's Service Generators; 2 × propellers, 1,800shp; twin rudders;
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Capacity	26 officers; 1,200 enlisted; 2,975 Bbls (Diesel);
Complement	12 officers; 129 enlisted;
Armament	2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns; 2 × quad Bofors 40 mm guns; 20 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) and .30 cal machine guns;

40°38′31″N 74°09′59″W / 40.641925°N 74.166316°W / 40.641925; -74.166316

USS Echols (APB-37) is a Benewah-class barracks ship of the United States Navy.^[1]

Construction and career

The ship was laid down on 11 August 1944, by the Boston Navy Yard and launched on 30 July 1945, sponsored by Miss Dorothy O'Brien. She was commissioned in January 1947.^[2]^[3]

The ship was put into the inactive in commissioned status as Echols (APB-37) at Atlantic Reserve Fleet, 6th Naval District from January 1947 until 1961, where she was to Norfolk. Echols was later towed to Groton to accommodate submarine crews at the Naval Submarine Base New London.^[2]

In 1971, she was re-designated as IX-504.

On 22 December 1955, Echols was struck from the Naval Register.^[2]

The ship was sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, on 12 January 2003.^[4] Between April 2005 and August 2006, the ship was sold to Clean Waters of New York and has been in used since then as an indoor shop and floating office.^[2]^[5]

References

^ "Echols". NHHC. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Self-propelled Barracks Ship APB-37 Echols". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
^ "ECHOLS (IX 504)". Naval Vessel Register. 12 June 2003. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
^ "Barracks Ships and Barges (APB, APL)". ShipBuildingHistory. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
^ Google Earth Pro

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
Photo gallery of USS Echols at NavSource Naval History

[1] "Echols". NHHC. Retrieved 2022-02-10.

[:0-2] "Self-propelled Barracks Ship APB-37 Echols". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2022-02-10.

[3] "ECHOLS (IX 504)". Naval Vessel Register. 12 June 2003. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[4] "Barracks Ships and Barges (APB, APL)". ShipBuildingHistory. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[5] Google Earth Pro

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