_underway_off_New_York_City_(USA)_on_10_April_1945_(NH_107739).jpg) Merrick on 10 April 1945
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Merrick |
| Namesake | Merrick County, Nebraska |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey |
| Laid down | 19 October 1944 |
| Launched | 28 January 1945 |
| Commissioned | 31 March 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 26 June 1946 |
| Recommissioned | 19 January 1952 |
| Decommissioned | 17 September 1969 |
| Reclassified | LKA–97, 1 January 1969 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1980 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Andromeda-class attack cargo ship |
| Type | Type C2-S-B1 |
| Displacement | 6,761 long tons (6,869 t) |
| Length | 459 ft 2 in (139.95 m) |
| Beam | 63 ft (19 m) |
| Draft | 26 ft 4 in (8.03 m) |
| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Complement | 247 |
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USS Merrick (AKA-97/LKA-97) was an Andromeda-class attack cargo ship named after Merrick County, Nebraska.
Merrick (AKA–97) was laid down as Maritime Commission hull 219, on 19 October 1944 by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, launched on 28 January 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Francis N. Van Riper, acquired on 30 March and commissioned on 31 March 1945.