USS Grumium
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USS Grumium (AK-112/IX-174/AVS-3) was a Crater-class cargo ship and aviation supply ship in the service of the US Navy in World War II. Named after the star Grumium in the constellation Draco, it was the only ship of the Navy to bear this name.
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Starboard side view of USS Grumium (AK-112), probably c. late October 1943, in San Francisco Bay. | |
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United States | |
Name | William G. McAdoo |
Namesake | William G. McAdoo |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | American President Lines (APL) |
Ordered | as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 443[1] |
Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California |
Yard number | 443[1] |
Way number | 1[1] |
Laid down | 12 November 1942 |
Launched | 20 December 1942 |
In service | 30 December 1942 |
Fate | transferred to the US Navy, 5 October 1943 |
United States | |
Name | Grumium |
Namesake | The star Grumium |
Sponsored by | Mrs. T. Y. Sturtevant |
Acquired | 5 October 1943 |
Commissioned | 20 October 1943 |
Decommissioned | 20 December 1945 |
Reclassified | redesignated Aviation Supply Issue Ship (AVS-3), 25 May 1945 |
Refit | converted to a Grumium-class Aviation Supply Issue Ship at Alameda, California, and redesignated Miscellaneous Unclassified, (IX-174), 20, June 1944 |
Stricken | 8 January 1946 |
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Honors and awards | 1 × battle stars |
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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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Speed | 12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
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Complement | 206 |
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