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USS HOIST was the third BOLSTER - class rescue and salvage ship and the first ship in the Navy to bear the name. After more than 49 years of service, the HOIST was both decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on September 30, 1994. HOIST spent the following years laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Fort Eustis, Va., awaiting final disposal.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: December 7, 1943 |
| Keel laid: September 13, 1944 | |
| Launched: March 31, 1945 | |
| Commissioned: July 21, 1945 | |
| Decommissioned: September 30, 1994 | |
| Builder: Basalt Rock Co., Napa, Calif. | |
| Propulsion system: Diesel electric | |
| Propellers: two | |
| Length: 213.6 feet (65.1 meters) | |
| Beam: 43 feet (13.1 meters) | |
| Draft: 13.1 feet (4 meters) | |
| Displacement: approx. 1,900 tons | |
| Speed: 16 knots | |
| Armament: two Mk-68 20mm guns | |
| Crew: 6 officers and 77 enlisted |
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This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS HOIST. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
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