USS Bootes information

	Broadside view of USS Bootes (AK-99), off San Francisco, California, 10 December 1943.
History
United States
Name	Thomas Oliver Larkin; Bootes;
Namesake	Thomas Oliver Larkin; The constellation Boötes;
Ordered	as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 1656
Builder	California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California
Yard number	189
Way number	5
Laid down	24 April 1943
Launched	16 May 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. H. Toulmin (Alice Larkin Toulmin)
Acquired	29 May 1943
Commissioned	15 July 1943
Decommissioned	22 April 1946
Renamed	Bootes, 27 May 1943
Stricken	1 August 1947
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-99; Code letters: NJTP; ;
Honors and; awards	1 × battle star
Fate	Returned to MARCOM, laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benicia, California, 12 February 1946; Sold for scrapping, 14 March 1973, withdrawn, 27 May 1973;
General characteristics
Class and type	Crater-class cargo ship
Type	Type EC2-S-C1
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 × Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 220psi 450°; 2,500 shp (1,900 kW);
Propulsion	1 × Joshua Hendy vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine; 1 × shaft;
Speed	12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Complement	21 officers 183 enlisted
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual purpose (DP); 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber DP gun; 4 × 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts; 6 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons AA gun mounts;

USS Bootes (AK-99) was a Crater-class cargo ship commissioned by the US Navy for service in World War II. She was named after the constellation Boötes. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.

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History
Broadside view of USS Bootes (AK-99), off San Francisco, California, 10 December 1943.
United States
Name	Thomas Oliver Larkin Bootes
Namesake	Thomas Oliver Larkin The constellation Boötes
Ordered	as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 1656^[1]
Builder	California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California
Yard number	189^[1]
Way number	5^[1]
Laid down	24 April 1943
Launched	16 May 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. H. Toulmin (Alice Larkin Toulmin)
Acquired	29 May 1943
Commissioned	15 July 1943
Decommissioned	22 April 1946
Renamed	Bootes, 27 May 1943
Stricken	1 August 1947
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-99 Code letters: NJTP
Honors and awards	1 × battle star
Fate	Returned to MARCOM, laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benicia, California, 12 February 1946 Sold for scrapping, 14 March 1973, withdrawn, 27 May 1973
General characteristics ^[2]
Class and type	Crater-class cargo ship
Type	Type EC2-S-C1
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 × Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 220psi 450° 2,500 shp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Joshua Hendy vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine 1 × shaft
Speed	12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Complement	21 officers 183 enlisted
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual purpose (DP) 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber DP gun 4 × 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts 6 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons AA gun mounts