About: USS Thor

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USS Thor was a cable repair ship that supported Project Caesar, the unclassified name for installation of the Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS). Originally the Artemis-class attack cargo ship Vanadis (AKA-49) which was briefly in commission from 9 July 1945 to 27 March 1946, it was converted in 1955 after nine years in the reserve fleet.

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  • USS Thor was a cable repair ship that supported Project Caesar, the unclassified name for installation of the Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS). Originally the Artemis-class attack cargo ship Vanadis (AKA-49) which was briefly in commission from 9 July 1945 to 27 March 1946, it was converted in 1955 after nine years in the reserve fleet. Thor, named after the Germanic god of thunder, was commissioned on 3 January 1956 and served in that capacity until 2 July 1973 when transferred to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) for brief operation as USNS Thor (T-ARC-4) until April 1974 when the ship was returned to the Maritime Administration for disposal. After removal of cable machinery the ship was eventually sold for scrap on 22 September 1977. Thor was one of four Navy cable ships supporting military cable projects from the 1950s until 1984 with construction of Zeus. The others were Aeolus, the other transport conversion, and the two Army designed cable ships, the only ships in the Navy designed and built as cable ships, Albert J. Myer and Neptune which were modernized in the 1980s. (en)
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  • 1973-07-02 (xsd:date)
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  • 1945-07-09 (xsd:date)
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  • 1946-03-27 (xsd:date)
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  • 1945-04-18 (xsd:date)
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  • 1945-06-08 (xsd:date)
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  • Sold for scrapping 22 September 1977
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 2 July 1946
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  • 1955-04-14 (xsd:date)
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  • *1 × 5"/38 caliber gun mount *4 × twin Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun mounts *10 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon mounts (en)
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  • 1945-07-09 (xsd:date)
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  • United States (en)
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  • 1946-03-27 (xsd:date)
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  • * light * full (en)
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  • Thor, the Norse god of thunder (en)
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  • April 1974 (en)
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  • USS Thor was a cable repair ship that supported Project Caesar, the unclassified name for installation of the Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS). Originally the Artemis-class attack cargo ship Vanadis (AKA-49) which was briefly in commission from 9 July 1945 to 27 March 1946, it was converted in 1955 after nine years in the reserve fleet. (en)
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