USS Cassiopeia
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USS Cassiopeia (AK-75) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the US Navy in World War II. She was the only ship of to bear this name. She is named after the Northern Hemisphere constellation Cassiopeia.
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Broadside view of USS Cassiopeia (AK-75) off San Francisco, 19 December 1942. | |
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Ordered | as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 504[1] |
Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California |
Cost | $1,124,481[2] |
Yard number | 504[1] |
Way number | 2[1] |
Laid down | 13 October 1942[1] |
Launched | 15 November 1942 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. C. F. Calhoun |
Acquired | 27 November 1942 |
Commissioned | 8 December 1942 |
Decommissioned | 21 November 1945 |
Stricken | 5 December 1945 |
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Honours and awards | 1 × battle star |
Fate | Expended as a target 28 June 1961 |
General characteristics [3] | |
Class and type | Crater-class cargo ship |
Type | Type EC2-S-C1 |
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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 | 195 |
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