USS Arneb (AKA-56)
USS Arneb listing to repair ice damage to hull, Operation Deep Freeze II, 1957 |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Arneb |
| Namesake: | Arneb |
| Builder: | Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, California |
| Launched: | 6 July 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 22 April 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 16 March 1948 |
| Recommissioned: | 19 March 1949 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 August 1971 |
| Reclassified: | LKA-56, 1 January 1969 |
| Struck: | 13 August 1971 |
| Honours and awards: |
4 battle stars (World War II) Meritorious Unit Commendation (Apollo 7 recovery mission) |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 1 March 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Andromeda-class attack cargo ship |
| Type: | Type C2-S-B1 |
| Displacement: | 14,200 long tons (14,428 t) full |
| Length: | 459 ft 2 in (139.95 m) |
| Beam: | 63 ft (19 m) |
| Draft: | 26 ft 4 in (8.03 m) |
| Speed: | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Complement: | 429 |
| Armament: | • 1 × 5"/38 caliber gun mount • 4 × twin 40 mm gun mounts • 16 × 20 mm gun mounts |
USS Arneb (AKA-56/LKA-56) was an Andromeda-class attack cargo ship named after Arneb, the brightest star in the southern constellation Lepus. She served as a commissioned ship for 27 years and 3 months, the longest time in commission of any AKA.
Arneb (AKA-56) was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1159) as Mischief by the Moore Dry Dock Company at Oakland, California, launched on 6 July 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Carol J. Palmer, the daughter of a plant engineer, acquired by the Navy on 16 November and towed to Portland, Oregon, where she was converted to an attack cargo ship by the Willamette Iron and Steel Works, and commissioned on 28 April 1944, Comdr. Howard R. Shaw in command.
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