USS Serpens (AK-97)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Serpens.
USS Serpens (AK-97) was a Crater-class cargo ship commissioned by the United States Navy for service in World War II. She was the first ship of the US Navy to have this name: she is named after Serpens, a constellation in the northern hemisphere. Serpens was crewed by United States Coast Guard personnel and was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.
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USS Serpens (AK-97) moored pierside (date and location unknown) | |
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Ordered | as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 739[1] |
Builder | California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California |
Yard number | 164[1] |
Way number | 9[1] |
Laid down | 10 March 1943 |
Launched | 5 April 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. H.P. Needham |
Acquired | 19 April 1943 |
Commissioned | 28 May 1943 |
Renamed | Serpens, 19 April 1943 |
Stricken | 10 March 1945 |
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Honors and awards | 1 × battle star |
Fate | Destroyed by explosion, 29 January 1945 |
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Class and type | Crater-class cargo ship |
Type | Type EC2-S-C1 |
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Length | 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) |
Beam | 56 ft 11 in (17.35 m) |
Draft | 28 ft 4 in (8.64 m) |
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Speed | 12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
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Complement | 19 officers 188 enlisted |
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