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USS Megrez
Cargo ship of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Megrez (AK-126) was a Crater-class cargo ship commissioned by the US Navy for service in World War II. Megrez was named after Megrez, a star in the constellation Ursa Major. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.
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![]() USS Megrez (AK-126), (plan view - aft) after conversion to US Naval service at Oakland, California, 2 November 1943. | |
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Name | General Vallejo |
Namesake | General Vallejo |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Isthmian Steamship Company[1] |
Ordered | as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 1642[2] |
Builder | California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California |
Yard number | 175[2] |
Way number | 5[2] |
Laid down | 31 March 1943 |
Launched | 23 April 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. J. R. Jago |
In service | 6 May 1943 |
Fate | transferred to the US Navy, 7 October 1943 |
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Name | Megrez |
Namesake | The star Megrez |
Acquired | 7 October 1943 |
Commissioned | 26 October 1943 |
Decommissioned | 29 May 1946 |
Renamed | Megrez, 11 October 1943 |
Refit | converted for Naval service at Bethlehem Steel Company, Shipbuilding Division, San Francisco, California |
Stricken | 1 August 1947 |
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Class and type | Crater-class cargo ship |
Type | Type EC2-S-C1 |
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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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Speed | 12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
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Complement | 18 officers 260 enlisted |
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