USS Cetus
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USS Cetus (AK-77) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the US Navy in World War II. Named after the equatorial constellation Cetus, it was the only ship of the Navy to bear this name.
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USS Cetus (AK-77), at anchor in San Francisco Bay, 25 August 1945. | |
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Ordered | as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 445[1] |
Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California |
Cost | $1,111,002[2] |
Yard number | 445[1] |
Way number | 11[1] |
Laid down | 21 November 1942[1] |
Launched | 26 December 1942 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Norman F. Potter |
Acquired | 4 January 1943 |
Commissioned | 17 January 1943 |
Decommissioned | 20 November 1945 |
Stricken | 5 December 1945 |
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Honors and awards | 2 × battle stars |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 26 October 1971, delivered, 6 January 1972 |
General characteristics [3] | |
Class and type | Crater-class cargo ship |
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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 | 210 |
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