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Ship-USS Kermit Roosevelt (ARG-16)
US Navy Engine Repair Ship Kermit Washington (ARG-16) - A Luzon-class internal combustion engine repair ship that saw service in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the only U.S. Naval vessel to be named for Kermit Roosevelt I, the second son of President Theodore Roosevelt and a soldier who served in two world wars. Originally built as SS Deal Island, a Maritime Commission type (EC-2-S-C1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCE 2680) at the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc. in Baltimore, Maryland, keel was laid down 30 August 1944; she was renamed USS Kermit Roosevelt (ARG-16) on 29 September 1944; launched on 5 October; sponsored by Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt (Roosevelt's widow); acquired by the Navy 21 October; and commissioned on 31 May 1945. After shakedown along the Virginia coast, Kermit Roosevelt departed Norfolk, Virginia, on 21 July for duty in the Pacific Ocean. Steaming via Pearl Harbor and Okinawa, she arrived Tsingtao, China, on 16 October and began service as a station repa
| Date | 1946 |
| File name | Ship-USS Kermit Roosevelt (ARG-16).jpg |
| File Size | 33.06k |
| Dimensions | 627 x 425 |
| Linked to | Chester Myrvin Twitchell (Military Service); Chester Myrvin Twitchell |
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