USS Sagittarius
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USS Sagittarius (AKN-2) was an S-class Indus net cargo ship in the service of the United States Navy in World War II. Named after the constellation Sagittarius, it was the only ship of the Navy to bear this name.
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United States | |
Name | USS Sagittarius |
Namesake | Sagittarius |
Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland |
Laid down | 8 November 1943 |
Launched | 30 November 1943 |
Acquired | 8 December 1943 |
Commissioned | 18 March 1944 |
Decommissioned | 16 January 1946 |
Stricken | 7 February 1946 |
Honors and awards | 2 battle stars (World War II) |
Fate | Scrapped, 1972 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Indus-class net cargo ship |
Displacement | 14,500 long tons (14,733 t) full |
Length | 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) |
Beam | 56 ft 11 in (17.35 m) |
Draft | 28 ft 4 in (8.64 m) |
Speed | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
Complement | 228 officers and enlisted |
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Sagittarius was laid down on 8 November 1943 as liberty ship SS J. Fred Essary (MCE hull 1835) by Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, under a Maritime Commission contract; launched on 30 November 1943, sponsored by Mrs. J. Fred Essary; acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission on a bare-boat charter on 8 December 1943; converted to a net cargo ship; and commissioned as Sagittarius (AKN-2) on 18 March 1944.