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AKS-15 Liguria

Acubens Class General Stores Issue Ship: Laid down, 19 September 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull, under a Maritime Commission contract, at New England Shipbuilding Corp., South Portland, ME.; Launched, 1 November 1944; Acquired by the Navy, 20 november 1944, for conversion to a General Stores Issue Ship; Commissioned USS Liguria (AKS-15), 12 July 1945; Decommissioned in July 1946, at Pearl Harbor, HI.; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime Commission, (date unknown), for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay,Benecia, CA.; Final Disposition, fate unknown.

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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