Download or read book Attack Cargo Ships of the United States Navy written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 130. Chapters: Andromeda class cargo ships, Arcturus class attack cargo ships, Artemis class attack cargo ships, Tolland class attack cargo ships, Type C2-S ships of the United States Navy, USS Almaack, USS Union, USS Yancey, USS Winston, USS Virgo, USS Alshain, USS Thuban, USS Titania, USS Uvalde, USS Seminole, USS Warrick, USS Rankin, USS Algol, USS Arneb, USS Whiteside, USS Alcyone, USS Alchiba, USS Andromeda, USS Tulare, USS Arcturus, USS Alhena, USS Washburn, USS Achernar, USS Betelgeuse, USS Maury, USS Woodford, USS Trousdale, USS Whitley, USS Wyandot, USS Valencia, USS Tolland, USS Libra, USS Venango, USS Skagit, USS Vanadis, USS Leo, USS Southampton, USS Birgit, USS Aquarius, USS Electra, USS Mathews, USS Algorab, USS Ottawa, USS Procyon, USS Artemis, USS Torrance, USS Tyrrell, USS Capricornus, USS Waukesha, USS Vermilion, USS Oberon, USS Starr, USS Chara, USS Shoshone, USS Duplin, USS Tate, USS Cepheus, USS Wheatland, USS Centaurus, USS Montague, USS Suffolk, USS Todd, USS Hydrus, USS Merrick, USS Oglethorpe, USS Muliphen, USS Towner, USS Trego, USS Vinton, USS Mellena, USS Diphda, USS Troilus, USS Tanner, USS Fomalhaut, USS Bellatrix, USS Theenim, USS Ostara, USS Marquette, USS Sirona, USS Turandot, USS Stokes, USS Aurelia, USS Sheliak, USS Caswell, USS Athene, USS Sylvania, USS Rolette, USS Alamance, USS Devosa, USS Lenoir, USS New Hanover, USS Valeria, USS Polana, USS Scania, USS Selinur, USS Lacerta, USS Prentiss, USS Zenobia, USS Sidonia, USS Lumen, USS Sarita, USS Tabora, USS Corvus, USS Circe, USS Xenia, USS Roxane, USS Sappho, USS Medea, Andromeda class attack cargo ship, USS Veritas, USS Whitfield, USS San Joaquin, USS Sedgwick. Excerpt: USS Almaack (AKA-10) was an Almaack class attack cargo ship named after Almaack, a star system in the constellation Andromeda. She served as a commissioned ship for 4 years...

Download or read book Andromeda Class Attack Cargo Ships written by Source Wikipedia and published by Booksllc.Net. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: Andromeda class attack cargo ship, USS Achernar (AKA-53), USS Algol (AKA-54), USS Alshain (AKA-55), USS Andromeda (AKA-15), USS Aquarius (AKA-16), USS Arneb (AKA-56), USS Capricornus (AKA-57), USS Centaurus (AKA-17), USS Cepheus (AKA-18), USS Chara (AKA-58), USS Diphda (AKA-59), USS Leo (AKA-60), USS Marquette (AKA-95), USS Mathews (AKA-96), USS Merrick (AKA-97), USS Montague (AKA-98), USS Muliphen (AKA-61), USS Oglethorpe (AKA-100), USS Rolette (AKA-99), USS Sedgwick (AKA-110), USS Sheliak (AKA-62), USS Theenim (AKA-63), USS Thuban (AKA-19), USS Uvalde (AKA-88), USS Virgo (AKA-20), USS Warrick (AKA-89), USS Whiteside (AKA-90), USS Whitfield (AKA-111), USS Whitley (AKA-91), USS Winston (AKA-94), USS Wyandot (AKA-92), USS Yancey (AKA-93). Excerpt: USS Yancey (AKA-93/LKA-93) was an Andromeda-class attack cargo ship built by the Moore Dry Dock Company of Oakland, California for the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was named in honor of Yancey County, North Carolina. Yanceys keel was laid in May 1944, and the ship was launched in July, and commissioned in October. The ship operated in the Pacific during the war and was a participant in the amphibious landings at Iwo Jima in February 1945 and Okinawa in April. After Japan's surrender in August, Yancey was in Tokyo Bay during the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on 2 September. The ship made voyages delivering troops for the occupation of Japan before returning to the United States in January 1946. After spending most of the next year on the east coast, Yancey was ordered back into the Pacific in November, and took part in Operation Highjump, a Navy expedition to Antarctica in January 1947; Yancey Glacier was named in the ship's honor. After spending most of the next decade in duties in the Western Pacific, Yancey was decommissioned in...

Download or read book Andromeda Class Cargo Ships written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 49. Chapters: USS Yancey, USS Winston, USS Virgo, USS Alshain, USS Thuban, USS Uvalde, USS Warrick, USS Algol, USS Arneb, USS Whiteside, USS Andromeda, USS Achernar, USS Whitley, USS Wyandot, USS Leo, USS Aquarius, USS Mathews, USS Capricornus, USS Chara, USS Cepheus, USS Centaurus, USS Montague, USS Merrick, USS Oglethorpe, USS Muliphen, USS Diphda, USS Theenim, USS Marquette, USS Sheliak, USS Rolette, Andromeda class attack cargo ship, USS Whitfield, USS Sedgwick. Excerpt: USS Yancey (AKA-93/LKA-93) was an Andromeda-class attack cargo ship built by the Moore Dry Dock Company of Oakland, California for the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was named in honor of Yancey County, North Carolina. Yanceys keel was laid in May 1944, and the ship was launched in July, and commissioned in October. The ship operated in the Pacific during the war and was a participant in the amphibious landings at Iwo Jima in February 1945 and Okinawa in April. After Japan's surrender in August, Yancey was in Tokyo Bay during the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on 2 September. The ship made voyages delivering troops for the occupation of Japan before returning to the United States in January 1946. After spending most of the next year on the east coast, Yancey was ordered back into the Pacific in November, and took part in Operation Highjump, a Navy expedition to Antarctica in January 1947; Yancey Glacier was named in the ship's honor. After spending most of the next decade in duties in the Western Pacific, Yancey was decommissioned in March 1958 and placed in reserve at Olympia, Washington. Yancey was reactivated in the aftermath of the Berlin Crisis of 1961 and recommissioned in November. During the October 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis she sailed in support of the U.S. blockade of Cuba, and during the April 1965 U.S....

Download or read book Artemis Class Attack Cargo Ships written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.Org. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Artemis class attack cargo ship, USS Artemis (AKA-21), USS Athene (AKA-22), USS Aurelia (AKA-23), USS Birgit (AKA-24), USS Circe (AKA-25), USS Corvus (AKA-26), USS Devosa (AKA-27), USS Hydrus (AKA-28), USS Lacerta (AKA-29), USS Lumen (AKA-30), USS Maury (AGS-16), USS Medea (AKA-31), USS Mellena (AKA-32), USS Ostara (AKA-33), USS Polana (AKA-35), USS Roxane (AKA-37), USS Sappho (AKA-38), USS Sarita (AKA-39), USS Scania (AKA-40), USS Selinur (AKA-41), USS Sidonia (AKA-42), USS Sirona (AKA-43), USS Sylvania (AKA-44), USS Tabora (AKA-45), USS Tanner (AGS-15), USS Troilus (AKA-46), USS Turandot (AKA-47), USS Valeria (AKA-48), USS Vanadis (AKA-49), USS Veritas (AKA-50), USS Xenia (AKA-51), USS Zenobia (AKA-52). Excerpt: USS Renate (AKA-36) was an Artemis-class attack cargo ship named after the minor planet 575 Renate. The meaning of the name is unknown. The ship was later renamed USS Maury (AGS-16), after the famous astronomer and hydrographer Matthew Fontaine Maury. She served as a commissioned ship for 24 years and 9 months. The ship was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC Hull 1897) as Renate (AKA-36) on 21 November 1944 at Providence, R.I., by Walsh-Kaiser Co., Inc.; launched on 31 January 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Joseph L. Baker; and commissioned at State Pier No.1, Providence, on 28 February 1945, Lt. Cmdr. Joseph F. Wickham, USNR, in command. After completing her fitting-out at Boston, Mass., Renate conducted shakedown training in Chesapeake Bay (13-19 March), after which time she underwent post-shakedown availability at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Va.; she ultimately sailed for the Panama Canal Zone on 31 March 1945. After transiting the canal, she arrived at Balboa on 6 April, and sailed thence two days later, bound for Hawaiian waters and steaming independently. Renate reached Pearl Harbor...

Download or read book Arcturus Class Attack Cargo Ships written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 20. Chapters: Arcturus class attack cargo ship, USS Alchiba (AKA-6), USS Alcyone (AKA-7), USS Algorab (AKA-8), USS Arcturus (AKA-1), USS Bellatrix (AKA-3), USS Betelgeuse (AKA-11), USS Electra (AKA-4), USS Libra (AKA-12), USS Oberon (AKA-14), USS Procyon (AKA-2), USS Titania (AKA-13). Excerpt: USS Titania (AK-55/AKA-13) was an Arcturus-class attack cargo ship named after Titania, one of the moons of the planet Uranus. She served as a commissioned ship for 13 years, beginning in 1942. Titania was laid down as Harry Culbreath under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 132) on 25 October 1941 at Kearny, N.J., by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.; renamed Titania and designated AK-55 on 16 February 1942; launched on 28 February 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Bennett Champ Clark; acquired by the United States Navy on 27 March 1942; and commissioned on 27 May 1942, Lieutenant Commander Dale E. Collins in command. Titania began her career plying coastal waters between New York and Norfolk during the summer of 1942. On 19 September, the new cargo vessel got under way from Hampton Roads for training in Chesapeake Bay; then, in October, she conducted landing exercises to prepare for the Allied invasion of North Africa. Late in November, the Titania departed from Norfolk and steamed eastward to carry out her part in Operation Torch. As a member of the Southern Attack Group, she arrived in the transport area eight miles from Safi, Morocco, around midnight on 7 November 1942. Early in the morning, a landing craft from the Titania rescued the crew of a tank landing craft which had been destroyed by a gasoline explosion. In the afternoon, she entered Safi Harbor. Her crew began discharging vital equipment and stores; and, 78 hours later, they had unloaded her entire combat cargo. On the afternoon of 12 November the Titania, escorted by the...

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