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Starboard side view of USS Grumium (AK-112), probably c. late October 1943, in San Francisco Bay.
History
USS GrumiumUnited States
NameWilliam G. McAdoo
NamesakeWilliam G. McAdoo
OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)
OperatorAmerican President Lines (APL)
Orderedas a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 443[1]
BuilderPermanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California
Yard number443[1]
Way number1[1]
Laid down12 November 1942
Launched20 December 1942
In service30 December 1942
Fatetransferred to the US Navy, 5 October 1943
USS GrumiumUnited States
NameGrumium
NamesakeThe star Grumium
Sponsored byMrs. T. Y. Sturtevant
Acquired5 October 1943
Commissioned20 October 1943
Decommissioned20 December 1945
Reclassifiedredesignated Aviation Supply Issue Ship (AVS-3), 25 May 1945
Refitconverted to a Grumium-class Aviation Supply Issue Ship at Alameda, California, and redesignated Miscellaneous Unclassified, (IX-174), 20, June 1944
Stricken8 January 1946
Identification
  • Hull symbol: AK-112
  • Hull symbol: IX-174
  • Hull symbol: AVS-3
  • Code letters: NTVK
Honors and
awards		1 × battle stars
Fate
  • Sold for scrapping, 17 April 1970
  • scrapped 27 October 1970
General characteristics [2]
Class and type
  • Crater-class cargo ship (1943–1945)
  • Grumium-class aviation supply issue ship (1945–1946)
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)
Complement206
Armament
  • 1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38-caliber dual-purpose gun
  • 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50-caliber dual-purpose gun
  • 6 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons anti-aircraft (AA) mounts

USS Grumium (AK-112/IX-174/AVS-3) was a Crater-class cargo ship and aviation supply ship in the service of the US Navy in World War II. Named after the star Grumium in the constellation Draco, it was the only ship of the Navy to bear this name.

  1. ^ a b c Kaiser No. 2 2010.
  2. ^ Navsource 2016.

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