USS Passaic (AN-87)
History
United States
Name Passaic
Namesake City of Passaic , New Jersey
Builder Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company , Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Laid down 25 April 1944
Launched 29 June 1944
Sponsored by Mrs. Sam H. North
Commissioned 6 March 1945
Decommissioned March 1947, San Diego, California
Homeport
Identification
YN-113
AN-87 (14 January 1944)
Fate Transferred to the Dominican Republic , September 1976
Dominican Republic
Name Calderas
Acquired September 1976[ 1]
Identification P209
Status in active service, as of 2007[update] [ 1]
General characteristics
Class and type Cohoes -class net laying ship
Displacement 775 tons
Length 168 ft 6 in (51.36 m)
Beam 31 ft 10 in (9.70 m)
Draft 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m)
Propulsion Diesel-electric , 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Speed 12.3 knots (22.8 km/h; 14.2 mph)
Complement 46 officers and enlisted
Armament
USS Passaic (YN-113/AN-87) was a Cohoes -class net laying ship built for the United States Navy during World War II . She was commissioned in March 1945 and spent her entire career in the Pacific Ocean. She was decommissioned in March 1947 and placed in reserve. She was sold to the Dominican Republic in September 1976, as patrol vessel Calderas (P209) . As of 2007[update] , Calderas remained active in the Dominican Navy .
Construction
Passaic , the second U.S. Navy ship to be so named, was originally authorized as YN–113; redesignated AN–87 on 17 January 1944; laid down at Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company , Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin , 25 April 1944; launched 29 June 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Sam H. North; and commissioned 6 March 1945.
Service history
During the final months of World War II, Passaic was assigned to the U.S. Pacific Fleet and rendered valuable supporting action, maintaining and recovering antisubmarine nets in Pacific waters.
After war-time service, Passaic remained at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii , until 1947, when she reported to San Diego, California . Decommissioning in March, she remained in reserve there until July 1963. She was then transferred to the U.S. Maritime Administration , and laid up at Suisun Bay with the National Defense Reserve Fleet . Passaconaway was transferred to the Dominican Republic in September 1976 as patrol vessel Calderas (P209). As of 2007[update] , the ship remained in active service with the Dominican Navy .[ 1]
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