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AK-81 Europa
USAT Thomas F. Farrel, Jr.

Enceladus Class Cargo Ship
  • Laid down, 2 March 1942 as MV William Lester, a Maritime Commission type (N3-M-A1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract, (MC hull 464), at Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J.
  • Assigned to the US Navy as Europa (AT-81)
  • Launched, 7 December 1942
  • Delivered to the Navy uncompleted, 24 November 1943
  • Transferred to the US Army Transportation Service, 25 November 1943
  • Commissioned USAT Thomas F. Farrel Jr., a Port Rehabilitation vessel
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1967
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,677 t.(lt), 5,202 t.(fl)
    Length 269' 10"
    Beam 42' 6"
    Draft 20' 9"
    Speed 10 kts.
    Complement 83
    Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    Propulsion diesel, single shaft, 1,300shp
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