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AK-88 Tucana
Arthur C. Ely


Tucana was transferred to the US Army while building
Enceladus Class Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 24 April 1944, as MV Symmes Potter, a Maritime Commission type (N3-M-A1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 651) at Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.
  • Launched, 13 September 1944
  • Reassigned for delivery, 13 September 1944, to the US Army Transportation Service
  • Delivered to the US Army and commissioned Arthur C. Ely a Port Rehabilitation vessel
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 13 September 1944
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1968
    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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