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USS Ara (AK-136), off San Francisco, California, 11 January 1944.
History
USS AraUnited States
NameDaniel Boone
NamesakeDaniel Boone
OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)
OperatorAmerican-Hawaiian Steamship Company
Orderedas a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 69[1]
BuilderCalifornia Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California
Yard number6[1]
Way number6[1]
Laid down17 July 1941
Launched14 January 1942
Sponsored byMrs. J. K. Doolan
In service15 April 1942
Fatetransferred to the US Navy, 3 December 1943
USS AraUnited States
NameAra
NamesakeThe constellation Ara
Acquired3 December 1943
Commissioned4 January 1944
Decommissioned26 November 1945
Stricken5 December 1945
Identification
  • Hull symbol: AK-136
  • Code letters: NHEN
Honors and
awards
1 × battle star
FateSold for scrapping, 26 October 1971, removed, 6 January 1972
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeCrater-class cargo ship
TypeType EC2-S-C1
Displacement
  • 4,023 long tons (4,088 t) (standard)
  • 14,550 long tons (14,780 t) (full load)
Length441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft28 ft 4 in (8.64 m)
Installed power
  • 2 × Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 220psi 450°
  • 2,500 shp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion
  • 1 × General Machine Corp. vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
  • 1 × shaft
Speed12.5 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)
Complement13 officers 212 enlisted
Armament
  • 1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual-purpose (DP) gun
  • 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber DP gun
  • 2 × 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts
  • 6 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannon AA gun mounts

USS Ara (AK-136) was a Crater-class cargo ship commissioned by the US Navy for service in World War II. Ara is named after the constellation Ara. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.

  1. ^ a b c CalShip 2010.
  2. ^ Navsource 2013.

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