USS Orvetta (IX-157)

id: uss-orvetta-ix-157-224-3271824
title: USS Orvetta (IX-157)
text: USS Orvetta (IX–157) was built for the US Shipping Board as Tampa in 1920 by the Oscar Daniels Co., Tampa, Fla. and acquired by the United States Navy on a bareboat charter from the Maritime Commission 4 April 1944. She was renamed Orvetta and converted for military service as a barracks ship by the Matson Navigation Co., San Francisco; and commissioned 7 June 1944. By 18 June Orvetta had reported for duty with Service Force, Pacific. She operated first with ServRon 8, headquartered at Pearl Har
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description: U.S. World War II auxiliary ship
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Orvetta_(IX-157)
date created: 2011-04-09T20:03:25Z
date modified: 2024-09-14T14:18:01Z
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