USS Limestone

USS Limestone , a 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.
The ship was laid down 5 January 1944 by Barrett & Hilp, Belair Shipyard, in San Francisco, under a Maritime Commission contract, and named on 7 February 1944. Launched on 25 March 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Leo Heagerty, she was renamed and redesignated Limestone 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.

Service history

Limestone was towed to Eniwetok via Majuro, by arriving on 1st February 1945. She was placed out of service 12 December 1946 at Seattle, Washington, and was sold to Foss Launch and Tug Company on 11 September 1947 for $3,511.00. Converted by Todd Shipyards into a floating dock & was in use as such at the port of Anchorage, Alaska by July, 1960, possibly as a joint venture of Foss Launch and Tug Company and Alaska Aggregate Corporation. Ship may have been demolished in place to build a permanent pier.