USS Alnitah
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The USS Alnitah (AK-127) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the US Navy in World War II. Named a spelling variation of the star Alnitak in the constellation Orion, it was the only ship of the Navy to bear this name.
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USS Alnitah (AK-127), under way, date and location unknown. | |
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Ordered | as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 451[1] |
Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California |
Yard number | 451[1] |
Way number | 10[1] |
Laid down | 12 October 1942 |
Launched | 14 January 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. T. W. Ludington |
Acquired | 8 October 1943 |
Commissioned | 27 November 1943 |
Decommissioned | 11 March 1946 |
Refit | converted for Naval service at Los Angeles Shipbuilding Corp, San Pedro, CA. |
Stricken | 28 March 1946 |
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Fate | Sold for scrapping, 3 March 1961 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Crater-class cargo ship |
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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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Propulsion |
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Speed | 12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
Capacity |
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Troops | 1057 |
Complement | 309 |
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