_underway_on_the_the_Elizabeth_River,_Virginia_(USA),_15_October_1943_(19-N-55023).jpg) USS Almaack (AKA-10)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Almaack |
| Namesake | Almaack, a star in the constellation Andromeda |
| Laid down | 14 March 1940 |
| Launched | 21 September 1940 |
| Commissioned | 15 June 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 23 May 1946 |
| Stricken | 15 August 1946 |
| Fate | Scrapped 17 June 1970 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 8,600 tons, loaded |
| Length | 473 ft 1 in (144 m) |
| Beam | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Draft | 28 ft 5 in (9 m) |
| Speed | 18.6 knots |
| Complement | 426 |
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USS Almaack (AKA-10) was an Almaack class attack cargo ship named after Almaack, a star system in the constellation Andromeda. She served as a commissioned ship for 4 years and 11 months.
The vessel was laid down as the merchant ship Executor on 14 March 1940, under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 104), at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Fore River yard of Bethlehem Steel Co. She was launched on 21 September 1940, sponsored by Mrs. A.R. Winnett, and delivered to her owners, the American Export Lines, on 22 October 1940. Executor made two voyages to India before being acquired by the Navy on 3 June 1941 for conversion to a cargo ship. She was renamed Almaack and classified as AK-27. The ship was converted at the Tietjen and Lang Dry Dock Co., Hoboken, N.J.; Almaack was commissioned at the Army Transport Service Base, Brooklyn, on 15 June 1941, with Comdr. Thomas R. Cooley in command.