USS Pontus
{{Short description|1943 motor torpedo boat tender}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country={{nowrap|United States}} |Ship flag= {{USN flag}} |Ship name=Pontus |Ship namesake= A Latin form of Pontos, a Greek god of the sea |Ship ordered= |Ship builder= Chicago Bridge and Iron Co. |Ship laid down= 13 July 1942 |Ship launched= 2 March 1943 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=24 March 1943 (Reduced Commission), 2 April 1943 (Full Commission) |Ship decommissioned= 11 April 1946 |Ship in service= 1943 |Ship out of service= 1946 |Ship struck= 1 May 1946 |Ship reinstated= |Ship honors= |Ship fate= Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 26 November 1947 |Ship homeport= |Ship identification=* Hull number: AGP-20
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USS Pontus (AGP-20) was a motor torpedo boat tender in service with the United States Navy during the Second World War. Commissioned in March 1943, during the war she was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.
Following the war, USS Pontus was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 8 to 20 November 1945. She was decommissioned in 1946 and struck the same year after just 3 years of service. She was transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 26 November 1947. She earned three Battle Stars for World War II Service. Her current status is unknown, most likely scrapped.
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References
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- [https://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/AGP20_Pontus.pdf]
- [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/09/0920.htm]
- [http://www.navalcovermuseum.org/restored/PONTUS_AGP_20.html]
- [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/AGP/AGP-20_Pontus.html]
{{Portunus class motor torpedo boat tenders}}
{{LST-542 class tank landing ship|900|state=collapsed}}
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Category:Ships of the United States Navy
Category:Portunus-class motor torpedo boat tenders converted from LST-1-class ships