Keywords: US Navy Crane Ship No.1 with tugs.jpg The former U S Navy battleship USS Kearsarge BB-5 after her conversion to a crane ship Kearsarge had been decommissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in May 1920 and soon began conversion to a heavy-lift crane ship Redesignated AB-1 in 1939 and renamed Crane Ship No 1 in 1941 the old ship spent more than thirty years handling some of the U S Navy's heaviest loads before being sold for scrapping in August 1955 U S Navy photo http //www navysite de/cruisebooks/cv33-52/009 htm from the USS Kearsarge CVA-33 1952-53 cruise book available at http //navysite de/cruisebooks/index html Navysite de between 1921 1952 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Kearsarge BB-5 Crane ships |