Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey
Laid down
as Jean Lykes
Launched
12 November 1941
Acquired
30 December 1941
Commissioned
13 May 1942, as USS Libra (AK-53)
Decommissioned
12 April 1948
Reclassified
AKA-12 (Attack cargo ship), 1 February 1943
Recommissioned
28 August 1950
Decommissioned
6 October 1955
Reclassified
LKA-12 (Amphibious transport), 1 January 1969
Stricken
1 January 1977
Honours and awards
9 battle stars (World War II)
Fate
Sold for scrap, 17 April 1985
General characteristics
Class and type
Arcturus-class attack cargo ship
Type
Type C2 ship
Displacement
10,713 long tons (10,885 t) full
Length
459 ft 2 in (139.95 m)
Beam
63 ft (19 m)
Draft
20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Speed
15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Complement
406
Armament
1 × 5"/38 caliber gun mount
4 × 3 in (76 mm) gun mounts
USS Libra (AK-53/AKA-12/LKA-12) was an Arcturus-class attack cargo ship named after the constellation Libra. She served as a commissioned ship for 11 years.
Libra (AK-53) was laid down as Jean Lykes by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, N.J., under contract for Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, Galveston, Texas; launched 12 November 1941; sponsored by Lindy Boggs, wife of Congressman Hale Boggs of Louisiana; acquired by the Navy on 30 December 1941; named Libra on 9 January 1942; and commissioned on 13 May 1942. Libra received nine battle stars for World War II service.
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