USS Arided
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USS Arided (AK-73), a Crater-class cargo ship, is the only ship of the US Navy to have this name. She was named after Arided, the other name of Deneb, the alpha star of constellation Cygnus.
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Broadside view of USS Arided (AK-73), off Mare Island, 26 November 1942. | |
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Namesake |
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Ordered | as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 500[1] |
Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California |
Cost | $1,166,244[2] |
Yard number | 500[1] |
Way number | 3[1] |
Laid down | 20 September 1942 |
Launched | 28 October 1942 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. D. W. Fernhout |
Acquired | 12 November 1942 |
Commissioned | 23 November 1942 |
Decommissioned | 12 January 1946 |
Renamed | Arided, 30 October 1942 |
Stricken | 29 January 1947 |
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Honors and awards | 2 × battle stars (World War II) |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 7 August 1962, completed, 7 March 1963 |
General characteristics [3] | |
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 | 195 |
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