USS Venus
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USS Venus (AK-135) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the United States Navy in World War II. Originally liberty ship SS William Williams, named after William Williams, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, it was taken over by the Navy after being damaged in a torpedo attack and renamed after the planet Venus. It was the only ship of the Navy to bear this name.[4]
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United States | |
Name | William Williams |
Namesake | William Williams |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Isthmian Steamship Company[1] |
Ordered | as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 263[2] |
Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California |
Yard number | 63[2] |
Way number | 5[2] |
Laid down | 5 July 1942 |
Launched | 21 August 1942 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Paul S. Marrin |
In service | 8 September 1942 |
Honors and awards | 1 × battle stars |
Fate | transferred to the US Navy, 6 November 1943 |
United States | |
Name | Venus |
Namesake | The planet Venus |
Acquired | 6 November 1943 |
Commissioned | 10 November 1943 |
Recommissioned | 26 September 1944 |
Decommissioned |
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In service | 4 December 1943 |
Stricken | 19 February 1948 |
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Fate | Sold for scrapping, 18 April 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 | |
Speed | 12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
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Complement | 240 |
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