USS Vega (AK-17)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Vega.
USS Vega (AK-17), was a Sirius-class cargo ship of the United States Navy, originally the Lebanon — a single-screw, steel-hulled Type 1022 freighter, built under a United States Shipping Board contract at Hog Island, Pennsylvania, by the American International Shipbuilding Co. Laid down on 8 July 1918, the ship was launched on 18 July 1919. Acquired by the Navy on 2 December 1921, she was renamed Vega and given the classification of AK-17. She fitted out for Navy service, and was commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 21 December 1921.
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USS Vega (AK-17) | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name |
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Namesake | Vega |
Builder | American International Shipbuilding, Hog Island, Pennsylvania |
Laid down | 8 July 1918, as SS Lebanon |
Launched | 18 July 1919 |
Acquired | 2 December 1921 |
Commissioned | 21 December 1921 |
Decommissioned | 15 January 1946 |
Stricken | 12 March 1946 |
Honors and awards | 4 battle stars (World War II) |
Fate | Sold by the Maritime Commission, 6 August 1946, for scrapping to National Metals and Steel Corp. |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Sirius-class cargo ship |
Type | Design 1022 ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 401 ft (122 m) |
Beam | 54 ft 2 in (16.51 m) |
Draft | 24 ft 5 in (7.44 m) |
Installed power | 2,500 shp (1,900 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.1 kn (12.8 mph; 20.6 km/h) |
Capacity | 5,100 DWT |
Complement | 36 officers 413 enlisted |
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