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USS Cetus (AK-77), at anchor in San Francisco Bay, 25 August 1945.
History
USS CetusUnited States
Name
  • George B. Cortelyou
  • Cetus
Namesake
  • George B. Cortelyou
  • The constellation Cetus
Orderedas a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 445[1]
BuilderPermanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California
Cost$1,111,002[2]
Yard number445[1]
Way number11[1]
Laid down21 November 1942[1]
Launched26 December 1942
Sponsored byMrs. Norman F. Potter
Acquired4 January 1943
Commissioned17 January 1943
Decommissioned20 November 1945
Stricken5 December 1945
Identification
  • Hull symbol: AK-77
  • Code letters: NYMF
Honors and
awards		2 × battle stars
FateSold for scrapping, 26 October 1971, delivered, 6 January 1972
General characteristics [3]
Class and typeCrater-class cargo ship
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 × 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 Joshua Hendy)
  • 1 × screw propeller
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)
Complement210
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 Cetus (AK-77) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the US Navy in World War II. Named after the equatorial constellation Cetus, it was the only ship of the Navy to bear this name.

  1. ^ a b c d Kaiser No. 2 2010.
  2. ^ MARCOM.
  3. ^ Navsource 2014.

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