USS Lynx (AK-100)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Lynx and USS Lynx II.
USS Lynx (AK-100) was a Crater-class cargo ship commissioned by the US Navy for service in World War II. Lynx was the third US Navy vessel to bear the name, but unlike previous ships this one was named after the constellation Lynx. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.
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Her "Liberty Ship" lines clearly apparent, USS Lynx (AK-100), part of a tank landing craft (LCT) secured as deck cargo forward, delivers Section 13 of the advanced base sectional dock ABSD-1 at Palikulo Bay, Espiritu Santo, 1 February 1944. | |
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Ordered | as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 1657[1] |
Builder | California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California |
Yard number | 190[1] |
Way number | 10[1] |
Laid down | 26 April 1943 |
Launched | 18 May 1943 |
Commissioned | 26 July 1943 |
Decommissioned | 1 November 1945 |
Renamed | Lynx, 27 May 1943 |
Stricken | 16 November 1945 |
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Honors and awards | 1 × battle star |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 3 October 1972, withdrawn, 10 November 1972 |
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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 | 24 officers 214 enlisted |
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