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AKS-12 Hecuba

Acubens Class General Stores Issue Ship: Laid down as George W. Cable, a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull under a Maritime Commission contract at Delta Shipbuilding Co., New Orleans, LA.; Launched, 6 November 1944; Acquired by the Navy, (date unknown); Completed as a General Stores Issue Ship at Todd-Johnson Drydocks Corp.; Commissioned USS Hecuba (AKS-12), 21 April 1945; Decommissioned, 26 March 1947 at Pearl Harbor; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime Commission, at San Francisco for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 19 October 1964 to Schintzer Steel Products Co., Portland, OR.

Specifications: Displacement 5,240 t.(lt) 10,600 t.(fl); Length 441' 6"; Beam 56' 11"; Draft 28' 4"; Speed 12.5kts; Complement 193, Armament one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four 3"/50 gun mounts; Propulsion, reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 2,500shp.

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