_underway_at_sea,_circa_in_the_1960s.jpg) USS Turandot after conversion to USS Aeolus
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Turandot |
| Namesake | The asteroid Turandot |
| Builder | Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island |
| Laid down | 29 March 1945 |
| Launched | 20 May 1945 |
| Commissioned | 18 June 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 21 March 1946 |
| Stricken | 17 April 1947 |
| Fate | Recommissioned as USS Aeolus (ARC-3) in 1955 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Artemis-class attack cargo ship |
| Type | S4–SE2–BE1 |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 426 ft (130 m) |
| Beam | 58 ft (18 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Speed | 16.9 knots (31.3 km/h; 19.4 mph) |
| Complement | 303 officers and enlisted |
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USS Turandot (AKA-47) was an Artemis-class attack cargo ship named after the minor planet 530 Turandot, discovered by Max Wolf in 1904 and named by him after the title character in the Puccini opera of the same name.
Turandot (AKA-47) was laid down under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1908) on 29 March 1945 by the Walsh-Kaiser Co., Inc., Providence, R.I.; launched on 20 May 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Charles H. MacLeod; and commissioned on 18 June 1945.