USS Albireo
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The USS Albireo (AK-90) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the US Navy in World War II and manned by a US Coast Guard crew. She was the only ship of the Navy to have borne this name. She is named after Albireo, a star in the constellation of Cygnus.
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Broadside view of USS Albireo (AK-90) off San Francisco, 30 March 1943. | |
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United States | |
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Ordered | as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 525[1] |
Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California |
Cost | $1,146,263[2] |
Yard number | 525[1] |
Way number | 2[1] |
Laid down | 17 January 1943 |
Launched | 25 February 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Donald W. Day |
Acquired | 9 March 1943 |
Commissioned | 29 March 1943 |
Decommissioned | 5 July 1946 |
Stricken | 31 July 1946 |
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Fate | Sold for commercial use, 22 August 1947 |
Union of South Africa | |
Name | President Steyn |
Namesake | Martinus Theunis Steyn |
Owner | Southern Steamship Proprietary, Ltd., Johannesburg |
Acquired | 22 August 1947 |
Fate | Sold 1949 |
Union of South Africa | |
Name | President Steyn |
Owner | Northern Steamship Proprietary, Ltd., Johannesburg |
Acquired | 1949 |
Fate | Sold 1951 |
Liberia | |
Name | Hidalgo |
Owner | Cia Nav Hidalgo, SA, Panama RP |
Acquired | 1951 |
Fate | Sold 1954 |
Liberia | |
Name | Ocean Sailor |
Owner | Blue Bay Steamship Corporation |
Acquired | 1954 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 1967 |
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 | 206 |
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