USS Algorab in San Francisco, 1945/1946. Image shows the final configuration of the Arcturus class. |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Algorab |
| Namesake: | Algorab |
| Builder: | Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania |
| Laid down: | 10 August 1938, as AK-25 |
| Launched: | 15 June 1939 |
| Acquired: | 6 June 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 15 June 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | 3 December 1945 |
| Reclassified: | AKA-8 (attack cargo ship), 1 February 1943 |
| Struck: | 19 December 1945 |
| Honours and awards: |
4 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate: | Sold into merchant service, 3 April 1947 Scrapped, 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Arcturus-class attack cargo ship |
| Type: | Type C2 ship |
| Displacement: | 14,225 long tons (14,453 t) full |
| Length: | 459 ft 1 in (139.93 m) |
| Beam: | 63 ft (19 m) |
| Draft: | 26 ft 5 in (8.05 m) |
| Speed: | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Complement: | 397 |
| Armament: | • 1 × 5"/38 caliber gun mount • 4 × twin 40 mm gun mounts • 18 × 20 mm gun mounts |
USS Algorab (AKA-8) was an Arcturus-class attack cargo ship named after Algorab, a star in the constellation Corvus. She served as a commissioned ship for 4 years and 5 months.
Algorab was laid down as (AK-25) under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 20) on 10 August 1938 by the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania; launched on 15 June 1939; sponsored by Miss Mary Aldrich; acquired by the Navy on 6 June 1941; and commissioned at Boston, Massachusetts, on 15 June 1941, Comdr. Thomas B. Inglis in command.