USS Caelum

USS Caelum (AK-106) underway probably in San Francisco Bay.
History
United States
Name	Wyatt Earp Caelum
Namesake	Wyatt Earp The constellation Caelum
Ordered	as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 1860[1]
Builder	California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California
Yard number	231[1]
Way number	5[1]
Laid down	30 June 1943
Launched	25 July 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. H. N. MacKusick
Acquired	10 August 1943
Commissioned	22 October 1943
Decommissioned	30 July 1946
Stricken	15 August 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-106 Code letters: NHLT
Honors and awards	1 × battle star
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 19 October 1961, removed, 26 October 1961, scrapping completed, 2 January 1962
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Crater-class cargo ship
Type	Type EC2-S-C1
Displacement	4,023 long tons (4,088 t) (standard) 14,550 long tons (14,780 t) (full load)
Length	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam	56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft	28 ft 4 in (8.64 m)
Installed power	2 × Combustion Engineering header-type boilers, 220psi 450° 2,500 shp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Joshua Hendy vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine 1 × shaft
Speed	12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Capacity	7,800 t (7,700 long tons) DWT 444,206 cu ft (12,578.5 m3) (non-refrigerated)
Complement	25 officers 196 enlisted
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual-purpose (DP) gun 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber DP gun 2 × 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts 6 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannon AA gun mounts

USS Caelum (AK-106) was a Crater-class cargo ship commissioned by the US Navy for service in World War II. Caelum was named after the constellation Caelum. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.