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 USS Almaack (AKA-10)
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| History | |
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| 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.
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.