USS Luna
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USS Luna (AKS-7) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was originally named for Harriet Hosmer, a neoclassical sculptor, considered the first female professional sculptor. She was converted shortly after completion to an Acubens-class general stores issue ship and renamed Luna, the latin name for the Moon. She was responsible for delivering and disbursing goods and equipment to locations in the war zone.
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USS Luna (AKS-7) | |
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United States | |
Name | Harriet Hosmer |
Namesake | Harriet Hosmer |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Standard Fruit & Steamship Company |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1528 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida |
Cost | $2,204,181[1] |
Yard number | 10 |
Way number | 4 |
Laid down | 23 April 1943 |
Launched | 30 September 1943 |
Acquired | 25 October 1943 |
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Fate | Transferred to US Navy, 2 November 1943 |
United States | |
Name | Luna |
Namesake | Luna |
Acquired | 2 November 1943 |
Commissioned | 31 January 1944 |
Decommissioned | 28 April 1946 |
Reclassified | General Stores Issue Ship, AKS |
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Notes | Name reverted to Harriet Hosmer when laid up in Reserve Fleet |
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Class and type | Acubens-class General Stores Issue Ship |
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Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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Complement | 195 |
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