USS Celeno
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USS Celeno (AK-76) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the US Navy in World War II. Named with a variant spelling of the star Celaeno in the constellation Pleiades, it was the only ship of the Navy to bear this name.
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USS Celeno (AK-76), November 1943 | |
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United States | |
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Namesake |
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Ordered | as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 439[1] |
Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California |
Cost | $1,112,554[2] |
Yard number | 439[1] |
Way number | 6[1] |
Laid down | 3 November 1942 |
Launched | 12 December 1942 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. G. G. Sherwood |
Acquired | 19 December 1942 |
Commissioned | 2 January 1943 |
Decommissioned | 1 March 1946 |
Stricken | 20 March 1946 |
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Honours and awards | 3 × battle stars |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 14 March 1961, completed, 4 August 1961 |
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 | 207 |
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