USS Melucta
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USS Melucta (AK-131) 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 Thomas A. McGinley, the president of the Duff-Norton Manufacturing Co., and inventor of an improved high-speed screw jack and lifting machinery. She was renamed and commissioned after Melucta, a star in the constellation Gemini. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone.
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USS Melucta (AK-131) underway, 2 August 1944, off Jacksonville, Florida. | |
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United States | |
Name | Thomas A. McGinley |
Namesake | Thomas A. McGinley |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Ordered | as a type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2470 |
Awarded | 23 April 1943 |
Builder | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1] |
Cost | $1,156,379 |
Yard number | 34 |
Way number | 4 |
Laid down | 21 January 1944 |
Launched | 20 March 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. McGinley |
Completed | 31 March 1944 |
Fate | Transferred to US Navy, 31 March 1944 |
United States | |
Name | Melucta |
Namesake | The star Melucta |
Acquired | 31 March 1944 |
Commissioned | 22 July 1944 |
Decommissioned | 13 December 1945 |
Stricken | 3 January 1946 |
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Fate | Sold for scrapping, 24 March 1970, removed from fleet, 20 July 1970 |
Notes | Name reverted to Thomas A. McGinley when laid up in Reserve Fleet |
General characteristics [3] | |
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) |
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Complement | 213 |
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