USS Shaula
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USS Shaula (AK-118) 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 James Screven, an American general during the American Revolutionary War. She was renamed and commissioned after Shaula, the second-brightest star system in the constellation of Scorpius. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone.
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SS James Screven launching, 23 November 1943, at St. Johns River Shipbuilding Corp., Jacksonville, FL. | |
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United States | |
Name | James Screven |
Namesake | James Screven |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Ordered | as a type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1213 |
Awarded | 4 March 1942 |
Builder | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1] |
Cost | $1,342,750 |
Yard number | 21 |
Way number | 3 |
Laid down | 4 October 1943 |
Launched | 23 November 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Gardner T. Gillette |
Completed | 4 December 1943 |
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Fate | Transferred to US Navy, 4 December 1943 |
United States | |
Name | Shaula |
Namesake | The star Shaula |
Acquired | 4 December 1943 |
Commissioned | 5 May 1944 |
Decommissioned | 24 June 1946 |
Stricken | 19 July 1946 |
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Notes | Name reverted to James Screven when laid up in Reserve Fleet |
Italy | |
Name | Olimpia |
Owner | Achille Lauro |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 1969 |
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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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