USS Carina
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USS Carina (AK-74) was a Crater-class cargo ship, and the only ship of the US Navy to have this name. She was named for the southern constellation Carina, with most of her sister ships being named for constellations or stars.
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USS Carina (AK-74), anchored after a Japanese suicide boat attack at Okinawa, 4 May 1945. | |
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Ordered | as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 502[1] |
Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California |
Cost | $1,174,563[2] |
Yard number | 502[1] |
Way number | 7[1] |
Laid down | 30 September 1942 |
Launched | 6 November 1942 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. A. R. Olds |
Acquired | 20 November 1942 |
Commissioned | 1 December 1942 |
Decommissioned | 16 October 1945 |
Stricken | 1 November 1945 |
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Honours and awards | 3 × battle stars |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 1 February 1952, scrapping completed, 20 March 1953 |
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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