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AKN-3 Tuscanna

Indus Class Net Cargo Ship: Laid down, (date unknown), as a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull under a Maritime Commission contract at Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc., Baltimore, MD; Launched, (date unknown) ; Acquired by the Navy, (date unknown); Converted to a Net Cargo Ship at Maryland Drydock Co., Baltimore, MD.; Commissioned USS Tuscanna (AKN-3), (date unknown); Decommissioned, (date unknown); Returned to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Final Disposition, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 4,023 t. (lt) 14,500 t.(fl); Length 441' 6"; Beam 56' 11"; Draft 28' 4"; Speed 12.5kts; Complement 288, Armament one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four 40mm guns; Propulsion, : reciprocating steam engine, single propeller, 2,500shp.

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