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AKA-62 Sheliak

Andromeda Class Attack Cargo Ship: Laid down as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-B1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 214), at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny NJ; Launched, 17 October 1944; Commissioned, 1 December 1944; Decommissioned, 10 May 1946; Returned to the Maritime Commission, 11 May 1946, for disposal; Struck from the Naval Register, 21 May 1946; Sold for commercial service in 1948, and renamed SS Pioneer Isle, 1965, renamed SS Australian Isle, 1969 renamed SS Transluna; Final Disposition, scrapped 1969. Sheliak received one battle star for her World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 6,458 t.(lt) 14,200 (fl.); Length 459' 2"; Beam 63'; Draft 26' 4"; Speed 16.5kts; Complement 429; Cargo Capacity: 4,450 dwt; Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four twin 40mm gun mounts, twelve single 20mm gun mounts; Boats 14 LCVP, 1 LCP(L), 8 LCM; Propulsion, geared turbine, single screw, 6,000shp.

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U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
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