Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

AG-29 USS Bear

• Bear class Screw Steamer (former commercial sealer):
• Displacement: 751
• Length: 190'4"
• Beam: 29'9"
• Draft: 12'
• Speed:
• Armament:
• Complement:
• (engines)
• Built at Alexander Stephen and Sons, Scotland as a commercial sealer in 1874; acquired by USN and commissioned 17 March 1884; reqcquired and recommissioned 11 September 1939

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Bear

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