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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Graffias |
| Builder | Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down | 1943, as SS Topa Topa |
| Launched | 12 December 1943 |
| Acquired | by purchase, 19 February 1944 |
| Commissioned | 28 October 1944 |
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| Fate | Scrapped in 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Store ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 468 ft 11 in (142.93 m) |
| Beam | 63 ft (19 m) |
| Draft | 25 ft 11 in (7.90 m) |
| Propulsion | Geared turbines, 1 shaft, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW) |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 319 officers and enlisted |
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USS Graffias (AF-29), a Hyades-class stores ship, is the only ship of the United States Navy to have this name. The name Graffias is another name for the star Beta Scorpii in the constellation Scorpius.
The Graffias was originally laid down in 1943 as Topa Topa, a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-E1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1610) at the Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama. The ship was acquired by the United States Navy on 19 February 1944 and subsequently converted by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Baltimore, Maryland. The Graffias was commissioned at Baltimore on 28 October 1944.