USS Jason (AR-8) was the fourth of the Vulcan class repair ship of the United States Navy in service from 1944 to 1995, serving in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf War.

The North korean invasion of the south in 1950, USS Jason advanced from the west coast to Japan in late summer 1950 to support the United Nations effort in Korea. She spent the majority of the next three years in Sasebo, Japan, tending the fleet.

Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Jason, after Jason of Greek mythology: USS Jason (1862), was a Passaic-class monitor originally named Sangamon that served in the Spanish–American War under the name Jason and was decommissioned in 1899.

Commissioned as a heavy-hull repair ship (ARH 1), the JASON was the fourth and final ship in the VULCAN - class. The JASON was redesignated as repair ship (AR 8) on September 9, 1957. The origin of the name JASON is in Greek mythology.

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On 10 February 1986, USS Jason (AR-8) was rammed by the fleet oiler USS Willamette about 62 miles southwest of Pearl Harbor, while steaming across and through a formation centered around Willamette, in an attempt to take up a position in the formation astern of Willamette.

USS Jason (AC-12) departed Pearl Harbor 2 May 1925 for service with the air squadron in the Far East. After arriving in the Phillipines 25 May, she carried Marines to China to protect...

The USS Jason (AR-8) was a Vulcan class repair ship, the oldest and the final ship in continual commission, serving from 1944 to 1995 in the Second World War, Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf War. She was laid down in 1942 by the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company as a Heavy-hull Repair Ship ARH-1, launched in 1943 and commissioned in 1944.

Title: UA 452.11 USS Jason (AR-8) Collection. Caption: Collection Photo # UA 452.11.01 USS Jason (AR-8) underway. Description: 46 images of USS Jason (AR-8). The ship is shown off the...

2011年9月19日 · The electronics technician trained at Great Lakes U.S. Navy Training Center in Illinois; earned his E2 rating in 1964; and served on the USS Jason (AR 8), a repair ship that plied the West Coast and then coastal Vietnam.