![]() ![]() She resumed repair duty shortly after the attack and during the early months of the war provided valuable assistance as the United States Pacific Fleet prepared for the long struggle for supremacy of the Pacific. During the sneak attack her guns splashed one enemy torpedo plane, and damaged a second, as they made their deadly runs along the main channel little more than 100 yards from her port side. Six days later she began sub overhauls at the Submarine Base where she was berthed during the Japanese attack 7 December 1941. Steaming via San Diego, California, she arrived Pearl Harbor 21 November 1941 as the tender for Submarine Squadron Six. Pelias commissioned at New York 5 September 1941.įollowing shakedown off New England, Pelias sailed for the Pacific 9 October 1941. Acquired by the Navy late in 1940, she was renamed Pelias 9 January 1941 and converted for Navy use as a submarine tender by Bethlehem Steel Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. Mormacyork served for a short time on passenger service between ports in the United States and South America. ![]() Vickery and delivered to Moore-McCormick Steamship Co., 1 April 1940. Pelias was laid down as SS Mormacyork under Maritime Commission contract by Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania, launched 14 November 1939 sponsored by Miss Barbara W. USS Pelias (AS–14) was a Griffin-class submarine tender in service with the United States Navy from 1941 to 1970. Converted by Bethlehem Steel Company, Brooklyn, New Yorkĭisposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 1 October 1973Ĭonverted Type C3 ship / Griffin-class submarine tender.Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania. ![]()
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