USS Alkaid
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USS Alkaid (AK-114) was a Crater-class cargo ship, converted from a Liberty Ship, commissioned by the US Navy for service in World War II. She was first named after William G. Sumner, a classical liberal American social scientist. She was renamed and commissioned after Alkaid, a star in the Big Dipper asterism or constellation Ursa Major. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone.
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Name | William G. Sumner |
Namesake | William G. Sumner |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1211 |
Builder | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1] |
Cost | $1,438,116[2] |
Yard number | 19 |
Way number | 1 |
Laid down | 13 September 1943 |
Launched | 8 November 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. William R. McQuaid |
Completed | 19 November 1943 |
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Fate | Transferred to US Navy, 19 November 1943 |
United States | |
Name | Alkaid |
Namesake | The star Alkaid |
Acquired | 19 November 1943 |
Commissioned | 27 March 1944 |
Decommissioned | 11 March 1946 |
Stricken | 28 March 1946 |
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Notes | Name reverted to William G. Sumner when laid up in Reserve Fleet |
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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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Speed | 12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
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Complement | 206 |
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