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USS Pollux (AKS-2)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Pollux.
The second USS Pollux (AKS-2) was a Castor-class general stores issue ship.
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Name | USS Pollux |
Namesake | Pollux, the southern of two bright stars in the constellation Gemini, twin star of Castor |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, New Jersey |
Laid down | 26 May 1939, as SS Comet |
Launched | 16 December 1939 |
Acquired | 16 January 1941 |
Commissioned | 6 May 1941 |
Stricken | 25 March 1942 |
Fate | Ran aground and sank, 18 February 1942 |
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Class and type | Castor-class general stores issue ship |
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Length | 459 ft 2 in (140 m) |
Beam | 63 ft (19 m) |
Draft | 26 ft 5 in (8.05 m) |
Propulsion | Steam turbine, single shaft, 6,000 hp (4,474 kW) |
Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
Complement | 199 officers and enlisted |
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Pollux was laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Hoboken, N.J. as SS Comet on 26 May 1939; launched on 16 December 1939, acquired by the Navy on 16 January 1941; converted to a general stores ship by the Brewers Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Hoboken, N.J., and commissioned on 6 May 1941.