USS Leonis
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USS Leonis (AK-128) was a Crater-class cargo ship in service with the US Navy in World War II. It was the only ship of the Navy to have borne this name, Latin for "of a lion", presumably referring to the northern constellation Leo.
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United States | |
Name | Key Pittman |
Namesake | Key Pittman |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Coastwise Lines |
Ordered | as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 512[1] |
Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California |
Yard number | 512[1] |
Way number | 1[1] |
Laid down | 21 November 1942 |
Launched | 22 December 1942 |
In service | 31 December 1942 |
Fate | transferred to the US Navy, 10 October 1943 |
United States | |
Name | Leonis |
Namesake | The constellation Leo |
Acquired | 10 October 1943 |
Commissioned | 25 October 1943 |
Decommissioned | 5 December 1945 |
Stricken | 15 December 1946 |
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Honors and awards | 2 × battle stars |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 29 April 1966 |
General characteristics [2] | |
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 | 234 |
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