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USS Almaack (AKA-10)
History
Laid down:	14 March 1940
Launched:	21 September 1940
Commissioned:	15 June 1941
Decommissioned:	23 May 1946
Struck:	15 August 1946
Fate:	Unknown
General Characteristics
Hull type:	Unknown
Displacement:	8,600 tons, loaded
Length:	473 ft 1 in
Beam:	66 ft
Draft:	28 ft 5 in
Speed:	18.6 knots
Complement:	426
Armament:	1 × 5"/38 caliber dual purpose gun mount, 8 × .50 cal machine guns

USS Almaack (AKA-10) was an Almaack class attack cargo ship named after Almaack, a star system in the constellation Andromeda. Commissioned as (AK-27), she was redesignated (AKA-10) eighteen months later. Almaack served as a commissioned ship for 4 years and 11 months, and was awarded six battle stars for her World War II service.

History

1940-1941

Laid down as the merchant ship Executor on 14 March 1940, under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 104), at Quincy, Mass., by the Fore River yard of Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched on 21 September 1940; sponsored by Mrs. A.R. Winnett; and delivered to her owners, the American Export Lines, on 22 October 1940. Executor made two voyages to India before being acquired by the Navy on 3 June 1941 for conversion to a cargo ship. Renamed Almaack and classified as AK-27. Converted at the Tietjen and Lang Dry Dock Co., Hoboken, N.J., Almaack was commissioned at the Army Transport Service Base, Brooklyn, on 15 June 1941, CDR Thomas R. Cooley in command.