USS Etamin

USS Etamin (AK-93), broadside view, underway off San Francisco, 25 May 1943.
History
United States
Name	Isaac Babbitt Etamin
Namesake	Isaac Babbitt The star Etamin
Ordered	as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 1106[2]
Builder	Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California
Cost	$959,509[3]
Yard number	1106[2]
Way number	1[2]
Laid down	28 March 1943
Launched	25 April 1943
Acquired	8 May 1943
Commissioned	25 May 1943
Decommissioned	26 June 1944
In service	12 August 1944
Out of service	9 July 1946
Reclassified	non-self propelled storage hulk, 12 August 1944
Stricken	31 July 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-93 Hull symbol: IX-173 Code letters: NJTE US Official Number: 243378[1]
Honors and awards	2 × battle stars
Fate	Sold, 2 February 1948
General characteristics [4]
Class and type	Crater-class cargo ship
Tonnage	7,176 gross register tons (GRT)[1] 10,500 long tons deadweight (DWT)[1]
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)
Depth	37 ft 4 in (11.38 m)[1] 34 ft 8 in (10.57 m)[5]
Installed power	2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa) ,  (manufactured by Babcock & Wilcox) 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	198
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual-purpose (DP) gun 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber DP gun 2 × 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts 6 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannon AA gun mounts

USS Etamin (AK-93) was the Liberty ship (EC2) Isaac Babbitt constructed for the US Maritime Commission (MARCOM) in 1943, for World War II service at a cost of $959,509. After acquisition by the US Navy, the ship was named Etamin, after the brightest star in the constellation Draco and manned by a US Coast Guard crew. As a Crater-class cargo ship, she served the military in the Pacific Ocean by providing food and material until she was torpedoed and put out of service. After repairs, she served as a non-self-propelled floating warehouse for the rest of the war. The ship ended the war in the Philippines and was among fifteen hulls sold for scrap for a lump sum of $271,000.