USS Crux information

	USS Crux (AK-115)
History
United States
Name	Peter Stuyvesant
Namesake	Peter Stuyvesant
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Ordered	as a type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1212
Awarded	4 March 1942
Builder	St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida
Cost	$1,412,652
Yard number	20
Way number	2
Laid down	27 September 1943
Launched	16 November 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. Frank D. Arthur
Completed	27 November 1943
Identification	Call sign: KUYK; ;
Fate	Transferred to US Navy, 27 November 1943
United States
Name	Crux
Namesake	The constellation Crux
Acquired	27 November 1943
Commissioned	17 March 1944
Decommissioned	31 January 1946
Stricken	25 February 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-115; Call sign: NKTJ; ;
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 30 November 1961, removed from fleet, 19 December 1961
Notes	Name reverted to Peter Stuyvesant 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 Crux (AK-115) 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 Peter Stuyvesant, a Dutch politician that served as the last Dutch director-general of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664. She was renamed and commissioned after Crux, a constellation centered on four stars in the southern sky in a bright portion of the Milky Way. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone.

^ ^a ^b MARCOM.
^ St. John's River SBC 2010.
^ Navsource.

[FOOTNOTEMARCOM-1] MARCOM.

[FOOTNOTESt._John's_River_SBC2010-2] St. John's River SBC 2010.

[FOOTNOTENavsource-3] Navsource.

USS Crux information

and 18 Related for: USS Crux information

USS Crux

List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy

Telesforo Trinidad

Centaurus

List of flags by design

Antisemitism

Advanced Open Water Diver

List of Latin words with English derivatives

Bixby Bridge

Robert Toombs

Operation Leader

Swains Island

Seabees in World War II

Helium

History of the Philippines

Victory at Sea

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3

Impeachment process against Richard Nixon

History
USS Crux (AK-115)
United States
Name	Peter Stuyvesant
Namesake	Peter Stuyvesant
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Ordered	as a type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1212
Awarded	4 March 1942
Builder	St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida^[2]
Cost	$1,412,652
Yard number	20
Way number	2
Laid down	27 September 1943
Launched	16 November 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. Frank D. Arthur
Completed	27 November 1943
Identification	Call sign: KUYK ^[1]
Fate	Transferred to US Navy, 27 November 1943
United States
Name	Crux
Namesake	The constellation Crux
Acquired	27 November 1943
Commissioned	17 March 1944
Decommissioned	31 January 1946
Stricken	25 February 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-115 Call sign: NKTJ ^[1]
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 30 November 1961, removed from fleet, 19 December 1961
Notes	Name reverted to Peter Stuyvesant 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