USS Capricornus
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USS Capricornus was an Andromeda-class attack cargo ship named after the zodiacal constellation Capricornus.
USS Capricornus (AKA-57) circa in 1945
Type C2 ship
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Type C2 ships were designed by the United States Maritime Commission in 1937–38. They were all-purpose cargo ships with five holds, and U.S. shipyards built 328 of them from 1939 to 1945. Compared to
USS Capricornus
…1977 Honours and awards 4 battle stars (World War II) Fate Scrapped, 1985 General characteristics Class & type Andromeda-class attack cargo ship Type Type C2-S-B1 Displacement 6,830 long tons (6,940 t) Length 459 ft 2 in (139.95 m) Beam 63 ft (19 m) Draft 26 ft 4 in (8.03 m) Speed 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph…
USS Whiteside anchored in San Francisco Bay, circa 1948, a Type C2-S-B1 ship
USS Wayne, a C2-S-E1
American Forester of type C2-S-B1 (1969
USS Polaris operating off Korea, 1953, a C2