USS Matar information

	SS Napoleon B. Broward, 30 November 1943 at St. Johns River Shipbuilding Corp., Jacksonville, Florida
History
United States
Name	Napoleon B. Broward
Namesake	Napoleon B. Broward
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Ordered	as a type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1214
Awarded	4 March 1942
Builder	St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida
Cost	$1,364,963
Yard number	22
Way number	4
Laid down	16 October 1943
Launched	30 November 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. Napoleon Broward
Completed	10 December 1943
Fate	Transferred to US Navy, 10 December 1943
	USS Matar (AK-119), off Jacksonville, Florida, 18 May 1944.
United States
Name	Matar
Namesake	The star Matar
Acquired	10 December 1943
Commissioned	17 May 1944
Decommissioned	15 March 1946
Stricken	31 October 1947
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-119; Call sign: NTNW; ;
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 13 April 1971, removed from fleet, 21 May 1971
Notes	Name did not revert 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	289
Armament	1 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 caliber dual purpose gun; 4 × 40 mm (1.6 in) 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun mounts; 6 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons anti-aircraft gun mounts;

USS Matar (AK-119) 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 Napoleon B. Broward, an American river pilot, captain, and politician; he was elected as the 19th Governor of the US state of Florida. She was renamed and commissioned after Matar, a binary star in the constellation of Pegasus. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone.

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History
SS Napoleon B. Broward, 30 November 1943 at St. Johns River Shipbuilding Corp., Jacksonville, Florida
United States
Name	Napoleon B. Broward
Namesake	Napoleon B. Broward
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Ordered	as a type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1214
Awarded	4 March 1942
Builder	St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida^[1]
Cost	$1,364,963
Yard number	22
Way number	4
Laid down	16 October 1943
Launched	30 November 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. Napoleon Broward
Completed	10 December 1943
Fate	Transferred to US Navy, 10 December 1943
USS Matar (AK-119), off Jacksonville, Florida, 18 May 1944.
United States
Name	Matar
Namesake	The star Matar
Acquired	10 December 1943
Commissioned	17 May 1944
Decommissioned	15 March 1946
Stricken	31 October 1947
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-119 Call sign: NTNW ^[2]
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 13 April 1971, removed from fleet, 21 May 1971
Notes	Name did not revert 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	289
Armament	1 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 caliber dual purpose gun 4 × 40 mm (1.6 in) 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun mounts 6 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons anti-aircraft gun mounts