USS Ganymede

USS Ganymede (AK-104) (broadside plan view) in San Francisco Bay, 16 August 1943.
History
United States
Name	James W. Nye Ganymede
Namesake	James W. Nye The moon Ganymede
Ordered	as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 1571[1]
Builder	Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California
Yard number	1571[1]
Way number	3[1]
Laid down	16 May 1943
Launched	8 June 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. William C. Dalby
Acquired	23 June 1943
Commissioned	31 July 1943
Decommissioned	15 April 1946
Stricken	1 August 1947
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-104 Code letters: NTNH
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 19 March 1973
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Crater-class cargo ship
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	219
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual-purpose gun 2 × 40 mm (1.6 in) 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts 6 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons AA gun mounts

USS Ganymede (AK-104) was a Crater-class cargo ship commissioned by the US Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone. Named after the largest of the moons of Jupiter, Ganymede was the only ship of the Navy to bear this name.