USS Adhara
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USS Adhara (AK-71) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the US Navy in the Pacific theater in World War II. Named after the star Adhara in the constellation Canis Major, it was the only ship of the Navy to bear this name.
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USS Adhara (AK-71) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, 20 August 1943 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | G. H. Corliss |
Namesake | George Henry Corliss |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | J.H. Winchester & Co., Inc.[1] |
Ordered | as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 425[2] |
Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California |
Cost | $1,142,406[3] |
Yard number | 425[2] |
Way number | 8[2] |
Laid down | 16 September 1942 |
Launched | 27 October 1942 |
Sponsored by | Ginny Sims |
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Fate | Transferred to US Navy, 6 November 1942[1] |
United States | |
Name | Adhara |
Namesake | The star Adhara |
Acquired | 6 November 1942 |
Commissioned | 16 November 1942 |
Decommissioned | 7 December 1945 |
Stricken | 3 January 1946 |
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Fate | Sold for scrapping, 26 October 1971 |
Notes | Name reverted to G. H. Corliss when laid up in Reserve Fleet |
General characteristics [4] | |
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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Propulsion |
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Speed | 12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
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Complement | 205 |
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