"AK-98" redirects here. For the highway in Alaska numbered 98, see Klondike Highway.
USS Auriga (AK-98) Photographed during World War II.
History
United States
Name
Alcoa Partner
Auriga
Namesake
The constellation Auriga
Ordered
as Type C1-B hull, MC hull 493
Awarded
26 August 1941
Builder
Consolidated Steel Corp., Wilmington, California
Cost
$2,354,738.22
Yard number
233
Way number
4
Laid down
9 June 1942
Launched
7 September 1942
Acquired
16 March 1943
Commissioned
1 April 1943
Decommissioned
22 January 1946
Stricken
7 February 1946
Identification
Hull symbol: AK-98
Code letters: NKHB
Honors and awards
5 × battle stars
Fate
Scrapped in 1970
General characteristics
Class and type
Auriga-class cargo ship
Displacement
4,023 long tons (4,088 t) (lt)
11,565 long tons (11,751 t) (fl)
Length
441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam
56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draught
28 ft 4 in (8.64 m)
Installed power
1,950 shp (1,450 kW)
Propulsion
reciprocating steam engine, single shaft
Speed
12 kts.
Complement
198
Armament
1 × 5 in (127 mm) dual-purpose gun mount
1 × 3 inches (76 mm) dual-purpose gun mount
2 × 40 mm guns
6 × 20 mm guns
USS Auriga (AK-98) was an Auriga-class cargo ship, the only ship in her class, commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II, named after the constellation Auriga. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone.
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October. After the Battle for Leyte Gulf, she escorted Mount Olympus and Auriga to Manus Island and returned to Leyte 20 November to protect Allied convoys...
alongside the U.S. Navy off the east coast of the United States during Exercise Auriga in 2010. Following the exercise, the captain of Ark Royal remarked: "Today...
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5 × battle stars
