USS Mintaka

USS Mintaka (AK-94), underway during World War II, with a tug alongside.
History
United States
Name	Ansel Briggs Mintaka
Namesake	Ansel Briggs Mintaka
Operator	United States Coast Guard
Ordered	as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 725[2]
Builder	California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California
Cost	$966,012[1]
Yard number	150[1]
Way number	2[1]
Laid down	9 February 1943
Launched	10 March 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. A.V. Bechtel
Acquired	26 March 1943
Commissioned	10 May 1943
Decommissioned	12 February 1946
Renamed	Mintaka, 17 March 1943
Stricken	26 February 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-94 Code letters: NKGP
Honors and awards	1 × battle star
Fate	Returned to MARCOM, laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, California, 12 February 1946 Sold for scrapping, 6 March 1968, withdrawn from fleet, 18 March 1968, scrapping complete, 20 November 1968
General characteristics [3]
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 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa) ,  (manufactured by Western Pipe and Steel Company) 2,500 shp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine,  (manufactured by Joshua Hendy) 1 × screw propeller
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	206
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual purpose (DP) 4 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber DP gun 4 × 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts 6 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons AA gun mounts

USS Mintaka (AK-94) was a Crater-class cargo ship commissioned by the US Navy for service in World War II. She was named after Mintaka, a star in the Orion constellation. Mintaka was crewed by United States Coast Guard personnel and was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.