USS Alecto

	USS Alecto (AGP-14) underway in Chesapeake Bay off Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland, 7 August 1945, just after completion of conversion. The second (starboard) "A" frame hoist is clearly visible.
History
United States
Name	Alecto
Namesake	Alecto
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number	3447
Laid down	12 December 1944
Launched	15 January 1945
Commissioned	8 February 1945, partial commission; 28 July 1945, full commission;
Decommissioned	23 February 1945; 28 June 1946;
Stricken	28 June 1947
Identification	Hull symbol: LST-977; Hull symbol: AGP-15; Code letters: NJYB; ;
Fate	Transferred to Turkey, 10 May 1948
	TCG Onaran (A581) underway, date and location unknown. Note the A-frame cranes have been eliminated.
Turkey
Name	Onaran
Acquired	10 May 1948
Identification	Hull symbol: A581
Fate	Scrapped 1993
General characteristics
Class & type	Portunus-class motor torpedo boat tender
Displacement	4,100 long tons (4,200 t)
Length	328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
Installed power	2 × 900 hp (670 kW) Electro-Motive Diesel 12-567A diesel engines; 1,800 shp (1,300 kW);
Propulsion	1 × Falk main reduction gears; 2 × Propellers;
Speed	11.6 kn (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph)
Boats & landing; craft carried	2 x LCVPs
Complement	41 officers, 245 enlisted men
Armament	2 × quad 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors guns; 8 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons;

USS Alecto (AGP-14) was a Portunus-class motor torpedo boat tender built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally ordered as USS LST-977 an LST-542-class tank landing ship, but renamed and re-designated on 12 June 1944.

History
USS Alecto (AGP-14) underway in Chesapeake Bay off Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland, 7 August 1945, just after completion of conversion. The second (starboard) "A" frame hoist is clearly visible.
United States
Name	Alecto
Namesake	Alecto
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number	3447
Laid down	12 December 1944
Launched	15 January 1945
Commissioned	8 February 1945, partial commission 28 July 1945, full commission
Decommissioned	23 February 1945 28 June 1946
Stricken	28 June 1947
Identification	Hull symbol: LST-977 Hull symbol: AGP-15 Code letters: NJYB
Fate	Transferred to Turkey, 10 May 1948
TCG Onaran (A581) underway, date and location unknown. Note the A-frame cranes have been eliminated.
Turkey
Name	Onaran
Acquired	10 May 1948
Identification	Hull symbol: A581
Fate	Scrapped 1993
General characteristics
Class & type	Portunus-class motor torpedo boat tender
Displacement	4,100 long tons (4,200 t)
Length	328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
Installed power	2 × 900 hp (670 kW) Electro-Motive Diesel 12-567A diesel engines 1,800 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Falk main reduction gears 2 × Propellers
Speed	11.6 kn (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 x LCVPs
Complement	41 officers, 245 enlisted men
Armament	2 × quad 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors guns 8 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons