Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
USS Estes (ship)
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Description area
Dates of existence
1943 - 1976
History
Built as single screw C2 type merchant ship, USS Estes was taken over during construction by the United States Navy and completed as an Amphibious Force Command Ship, displacement 7,240 tons. She served in the western Pacific from 1944 to 45, and was in reserve from 1949 to 1951. She was again in active service from 1951 to 1969, and scrapped in 1977.