Reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 2,500 shp (1,864 kW)
Speed
12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Complement
193
Armament
1 × 5-inch/38-caliber gun
4 × 3-inch/50-caliber guns
4 × 40 mm guns
20 × 20 mm guns
USS Acubens (AKS-5) was an Acubens-class general stores issue ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II, named after the star Acubens, the alpha star in Cancer. She was responsible for delivering and disbursing goods and equipment to locations in the war zone.
Acubens was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 1935) as the Liberty ship SS Jean Louis on 25 November 1943 by the Delta Shipbuilding Co., New Orleans, Louisiana. Launched on 8 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs. J. A. Farrington; acquired by the U.S. Navy on 9 February 1944; converted for naval service by Todd-Johnson Drydocks, Inc., New Orleans; and commissioned on 15 July 1944.
USSAcubens (AKS-5) was an Acubens-class general stores issue ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II, named after the star Acubens...
Alpha Cancri) is the star's Bayer designation. The traditional name Acubens (Açubens) is derived from the Arabic الزبانى al zubanāh, 'the claws'. A second...
93 killed USS Pollux (AKS-4) USS Mercury (AKS-20) Acubens-class: MC type EC2-S-C1 USSAcubens (AKS-5) USS Kochab (AKS-6) USS Luna (AKS-7) USS Talita (AKS-8)...
large main belt asteroid HTC Gratia, a model of smartphones USS Gratia (AKS-11), a 1944 Acubens-class general stores issue ship Charles Louis Gratia (1815–1911)...
USS Kochab (AKS-6) was an Acubens-class general stores issue ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for delivering...
professional sculptor. She was converted shortly after completion to an Acubens-class general stores issue ship and renamed Luna, the latin name for the...
USS Talita (AKS-8), an Acubens-class stores ship, is the only ship of the United States Navy to have this name. Talita was laid down under a Maritime Commission...
USS Gratia (AKS-11) was an Acubens-class general stores issue ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for delivering...
USS Hecuba (AKS-12) was an Acubens-class general stores issue ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for delivering...
USS Liguria (AKS-15) was an Acubens-class general stores issue ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for...
temporary minesweeper in 1945 and 1946. EC2-S-C1 converted for US Navy use Acubens-class general stores issue ships (AKS) 11 cargo ships Basilan-class Internal...
USS Volans (AKS-9) was an Acubens-class general stores issue ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for delivering...
USS Iolanda (AKS-14) was an Acubens-class general stores issue ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for...
USS Cybele (AKS-10) was an Acubens-class general stores issue ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for delivering...
and the only combat veteran of the two, PT-305 ("Half Hitch", "Barfly", "USS Sudden Jerk") is a Higgins 78-foot (24 m) boat, assigned during the war to...
USS Hesperia (AKS-13) was an Acubens-class general stores issue ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for...
distinguished service records were USS Bangust, a destroyer escort which won eleven battle stars during World War II, USS Bayfield, an attack transport which...
Global Information
United States