USS Alkaid information

History
United States
Name	William G. Sumner
Namesake	William G. Sumner
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1211
Builder	St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida
Cost	$1,438,116
Yard number	19
Way number	1
Laid down	13 September 1943
Launched	8 November 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. William R. McQuaid
Completed	19 November 1943
Identification	Call sign: KUJT; ;
Fate	Transferred to US Navy, 19 November 1943
United States
Name	Alkaid
Namesake	The star Alkaid
Acquired	19 November 1943
Commissioned	27 March 1944
Decommissioned	11 March 1946
Stricken	28 March 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-114; Call sign: NTNQ; ;
Fate	Laid up in the, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, California, 15 June 1946; Sold for scrapping, 4 March 1947, removed from fleet, 12 March 1947;
Notes	Name reverted to William G. Sumner when laid up in Reserve Fleet
General characteristics
Class and type	Crater-class cargo ship
Displacement	4,023 long tons (4,088 t) (standard); 14,550 long tons (14,780 t) (full load);
Length	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam	56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft	28 ft 4 in (8.64 m)
Installed power	2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa) , (manufactured by Combustion Engineering); 2,500 shp (1,900 kW);
Propulsion	1 × Vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine, (manufactured by General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio); 1 × screw propeller;
Speed	12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Capacity	7,800 t (7,700 long tons) DWT; 444,206 cu ft (12,578.5 m3) (non-refrigerated);
Complement	206
Armament	1 × 5 in (130 mm)/38-caliber dual-purpose gun; 4 × 40 mm (1.6 in) 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun mounts; 6 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons anti-aircraft gun mounts;

USS Alkaid (AK-114) was a Crater-class cargo ship, converted from a Liberty Ship, commissioned by the US Navy for service in World War II. She was first named after William G. Sumner, a classical liberal American social scientist. She was renamed and commissioned after Alkaid, a star in the Big Dipper asterism or constellation Ursa Major. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone.

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History

United States
Name	William G. Sumner
Namesake	William G. Sumner
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1211
Builder	St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida^[2]
Cost	$1,438,116^[1]
Yard number	19
Way number	1
Laid down	13 September 1943
Launched	8 November 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. William R. McQuaid
Completed	19 November 1943
Identification	Call sign: KUJT ^[1]
Fate	Transferred to US Navy, 19 November 1943
United States
Name	Alkaid
Namesake	The star Alkaid
Acquired	19 November 1943
Commissioned	27 March 1944
Decommissioned	11 March 1946
Stricken	28 March 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-114 Call sign: NTNQ ^[1]
Fate	Laid up in the, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, California, 15 June 1946 Sold for scrapping, 4 March 1947, removed from fleet, 12 March 1947
Notes	Name reverted to William G. Sumner when laid up in Reserve Fleet
General characteristics ^[3]
Class and type	Crater-class cargo ship
Displacement	4,023 long tons (4,088 t) (standard) 14,550 long tons (14,780 t) (full load)
Length	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam	56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft	28 ft 4 in (8.64 m)
Installed power	2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa) , (manufactured by Combustion Engineering) 2,500 shp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine, (manufactured by General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio) 1 × screw propeller
Speed	12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Capacity	7,800 t (7,700 long tons) DWT 444,206 cu ft (12,578.5 m³) (non-refrigerated)
Complement	206
Armament	1 × 5 in (130 mm)/38-caliber dual-purpose gun 4 × 40 mm (1.6 in) 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun mounts 6 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons anti-aircraft gun mounts