USS Adhara
Mare Island Navy Yard , 20 August 1943
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | G. H. Corliss |
Namesake | George Henry Corliss |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | J.H. Winchester & Co., Inc.[3] |
Ordered | as a MCE hull 425[2] |
Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California |
Cost | $1,142,406[1] |
Yard number | 425[2] |
Way number | 8[2] |
Laid down | 16 September 1942 |
Launched | 27 October 1942 |
Sponsored by | Ginny Sims |
Identification | |
Fate | Transferred to US Navy, 6 November 1942[3] |
United States | |
Name | Adhara |
Namesake | The star Adhara |
Acquired | 6 November 1942 |
Commissioned | 16 November 1942 |
Decommissioned | 7 December 1945 |
Stricken | 3 January 1946 |
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Fate | Sold for scrapping, 26 October 1971 |
Notes | Name reverted to G. H. Corliss when laid up in Reserve Fleet |
General characteristics [4] | |
Class and type | Crater-class cargo ship |
Type | Type EC2-S-C1 |
Displacement |
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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 |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
Capacity |
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Complement | 205 |
Armament |
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USS Adhara (AK-71) was a
Construction
Adhara was laid down 16 September 1942 as
Service history
Adhara sailed from San Francisco, on 27 November bound for the South Pacific. For the next eight months, she served as a member of Service Squadron (ServRon) 8 transporting cargo and passengers between the ports of Tutuila, Samoa; Efate, New Hebrides; Espiritu Santo; Guadalcanal; Tulagi; Nouméa, New Caledonia; and Wellington, New Zealand.[5]
While at Guadalcanal on 7 April 1943, Adhara was among several ships subjected to a Japanese air attack. Five bombs exploded close aboard Adhara and punctured her hull in three places. The ship received jury patching at Espiritu Santo and then steamed to Australia for repairs.[5]
After emerging from
Decommissioning
Following Japan's capitulation in mid-August, Adhara arrived at
Final disposition
Adhara was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Virginia.[4]
The ship resumed her former name, G. H. Corliss, and carried it until she was sold for scrap on 26 October 1971, to Hierros Ardes, S.A., a Spanish firm, for $71,520.[3] They took delivery of the vessel almost a month later, on 23 November 1971.[5]
Awards
Adhara won two
References
Bibliography
- "Adhara (AK-71)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- "Kaiser Permanente No. 2, Richmond CA". ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- Priolo, Gary P. (12 March 2021). "USS Adhara (AK-71)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- "G. H. CORLISS". United States Department of Transportation. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- "SS G.H.Corliss". Retrieved 9 February 2022.
External links
- Photo gallery of Adhara (AK-71) at NavSource Naval History