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
Willamette Iron Works was a general foundry and machine business established in 1865 in Portland, Oregon, originally specializing in the manufacture of steamboat boilers and engines. In 1904, the comp
USS Capricornus
…J. E. Mock, acquired by the Navy on 25 November 1943, placed in partial commission the same day, decommissioned on 29 November 1943, and converted by Willamette Iron and Steel Works, Portland, Oregon, and commissioned in full on 31 May 1944. Capricornus made two voyages to carry cargo between San Pedro, California, and Hilo, Hawaii…
The yard in 1945
Newly constructed sternwheelers fitting out at Willamette Iron Works in 1898