| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Limestone |
| Builder | Barrett & Hilp, Belair Shipyard, San Francisco |
| Laid down | 5 January 1944 |
| Launched | 25 March 1944 |
| Completed | 1 October 1944 [1] |
| Acquired | 14 October 1944 |
| In service | 14 October 1944 |
| Out of service | 12 December 1946 |
| Fate | Sold, 11 September 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Trefoil-class cargo barge |
| Displacement | 10,970 long tons (11,146 t) |
| Length | 366 ft 4 in (111.66 m) |
| Beam | 54 ft (16 m) |
| Draft | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Propulsion | None |
| Speed | Not self-propelled |
| Complement | 206 officers and men |
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USS Limestone (IX-158), a Trefoil-class concrete barge designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for limestone, a rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate, which yields lime when burned.
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The ship was laid down 5 January 1944 by Barrett & Hilp, Belair Shipyard, in San Francisco, under a Maritime Commission contract (MC Hull 1338), and named Corundum (IX-164) on 7 February 1944. Launched on 25 March 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Leo Heagerty, she was renamed and redesignated Limestone (IX-158) on 23 May 1944, acquired by the Navy on 14 October 1944, and placed in service the same day under command of Lt. W. T. Bresnahan USNR. [2]
