USS Propus information

History
United States
Name	Frederick Tresca
Namesake	Frederick Tresca
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Ordered	as a type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2471
Awarded	23 April 1943
Builder	St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida
Cost	$1,124,835
Yard number	35
Way number	5
Laid down	31 January 1944
Launched	29 March 1944
Sponsored by	Lt. Virginia P. Tresca
Completed	10 April 1944
Fate	Transferred to US Navy, 10 April 1944
United States
Name	Propus
Namesake	The star Propus
Acquired	10 April 1944
Commissioned	22 June 1944
Decommissioned	20 November 1945
Stricken	5 December 1945
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-132; Call sign: NHEH; ;
Fate	Sold for commercial use, 3 February 1947, removed from fleet, 17 February 1947
Notes	Name reverted to Frederick Tresca when laid up in Reserve Fleet
Greece
Name	Nicolaou Georgios
Owner	Nicolas G. Nicolaou
Fate	Abandoned, 24 May 1951
Italy
Name	Gabbiano
Owner	Achille Lauro
Acquired	1951
Fate	Scrapped, 1969
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 (127 mm)/38 caliber dual-purpose (DP) gun; 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber DP gun; 2 × 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts; 6 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannon AA gun mounts;

USS Propus (AK-132) 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 Frederick Tresca, a French-born lighthouse keeper, sea captain, pioneer shipping man, and Union blockade runner in Florida. She was renamed and commissioned after Propus, a star in the constellation Gemini. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone.

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History

United States
Name	Frederick Tresca
Namesake	Frederick Tresca
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Ordered	as a type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2471
Awarded	23 April 1943
Builder	St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida^[1]
Cost	$1,124,835
Yard number	35
Way number	5
Laid down	31 January 1944
Launched	29 March 1944
Sponsored by	Lt. Virginia P. Tresca
Completed	10 April 1944
Fate	Transferred to US Navy, 10 April 1944
United States
Name	Propus
Namesake	The star Propus
Acquired	10 April 1944
Commissioned	22 June 1944
Decommissioned	20 November 1945
Stricken	5 December 1945
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-132 Call sign: NHEH ^[2]
Fate	Sold for commercial use, 3 February 1947, removed from fleet, 17 February 1947
Notes	Name reverted to Frederick Tresca when laid up in Reserve Fleet
Greece
Name	Nicolaou Georgios
Owner	Nicolas G. Nicolaou
Fate	Abandoned, 24 May 1951
Italy
Name	Gabbiano
Owner	Achille Lauro
Acquired	1951
Fate	Scrapped, 1969
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 (127 mm)/38 caliber dual-purpose (DP) gun 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber DP gun 2 × 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts 6 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannon AA gun mounts