USS Pegasus (AK-48) was built in 1939 as SS Rita Maersk by Helsingør Jernskibs og Maskinbyggeri A/A, Helsingør, Denmark. Following the outbreak of World War II in Europe, she sailed to the United States where she operated under charter from the Maritime Commission as Rita Maersk and later as Larwin. After completing two cruises, she was laid up at Boston, Massachusetts, until 18 September 1941 when she was acquired by the United States Navy from the Maritime Commission. Renamed USS Pegasus on 15 October 1941, the cargo ship was converted for U.S. Navy use by Sullivan Dry Dock and Repair Company, New York City, and commissioned at New York on 3 December 1941, Lt. Comdr. William Fly in command.
Read more about USS Pegasus (AK-48): World War II North Atlantic Operations, Central America Operations, Engine Failure, Rough Seas, and Return To Stateside, Pacific Theatre Operations, End-of-War Operations, End-of-War Decommissioning
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“Such as even poets would admit perforce
More practical than Pegasus the horse
If it could put a star back in its course.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)