New England Shipbuilding Corporation, South Portland, Maine
Yard number
West Yard
Laid down
5 November 1944 as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, (MCE hull 3088)
Launched
19 December 1944
Sponsored by
Mrs. Mary H. Flaherty
Acquired
by the Navy, 30 December 1944
Commissioned
27 July 1945 as USS Indian Island (AG-77)
Decommissioned
11 May 1947, at Orange, Texas
Reclassified
AKS-25, 18 August 1951
Refit
Bethlehem Steel Company, Brooklyn, New York
Stricken
date unknown
Fate
scrapped at New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1961
General characteristics
Type
Basilan-class miscellaneous auxiliary
Displacement
5,371 tons light
14,200 tons full load
Length
442'
Beam
57'
Draft
23'
Propulsion
Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp, Harrison, New Jersey, reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 1,950hp
Speed
11.5 knots
Complement
891 officers and enlisted
Armament
one single 5 in (130 mm) dual purpose gun mount; four single 40 mm AA gun mounts; eight single 20 mm AA gun mounts
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