USS Situla, San Francisco Bay, 1945
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History | |
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Ordered | as a type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 1590, SS John Whiteaker |
Builder | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon |
Laid down | 9 January 1943 |
Launched | 7 February 1943 |
Sponsored by | Miss Anne Whiteaker |
Acquired | 2 December 1943 |
Commissioned | 14 January 1944 |
Decommissioned | 23 April 1946 |
Refit | Converted for Naval service at Hunter's Point Navy Yard, San Francisco, CA. and fitted out at Terminal Island, San Pedro, CA. |
Stricken | 22 January 1948 |
Identification | Hull symbol:AK-140 |
Fate | Scrapped 28 September 1961 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Crater-class cargo ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) |
Beam | 56 ft 11 in (17.35 m) |
Draft | 28 ft 4 in (8.64 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
Complement | 281 officers and enlisted |
Armament |
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USS Situla (AK-140) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the United States Navy in World War II. It was the only ship of the Navy to have borne this name. It is named after the star Situla.