USS Alderamin

History
United States
Name	J. S. Cullinan; Alderamin;
Namesake	Joseph S. Cullinan; Alderamin;
Ordered	as a type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 1963, SS J. S. Cullinan
Builder	Houston, Texas
Laid down	5 October 1943
Launched	13 November 1943
Acquired	25 November 1943
Commissioned	25 November 1943
Decommissioned	29 November 1943
In service	3 April 1944
Out of service	10 April 1946
Stricken	1 May 1946
Identification	Hull symbol:AK-116
Fate	Sold for scrapping in 1965
General characteristics
Class and type	Crater-class cargo ship
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)
Installed power	2 × Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 220psi 450°; 2,500 shp (1,900 kW);
Propulsion	1 × National Transit Pump & Machine Co triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine; 1 × shaft;
Speed	12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Complement	206
Armament	1 × 5 in (130 mm)/38-caliber dual-purpose gun; 4 × 40 mm (1.6 in) 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun mounts; 6 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons anti-aircraft gun mounts;

USS Alderamin (AK-116) was a

U.S. Navy for service in World War II, named after Alderamin, the alpha star in constellation Cepheus

Service history

SS J. S. Cullinan was laid down under a

U.S. Pacific Fleet on 28 May. She departed the Panama Canal Zone the next day and proceeded independently to Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides

The vessel arrived there on 28 June and began operations with

Eniwetok, Marshall Islands; Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands; Guam, Mariana Islands; and Ulithi, Caroline Islands. Alderamin was moored at Okinawa Island at the time of the Japanese capitulation on 15 August 1945. Sailor Nathan Underwood remembered the day the war ended while he was anchored at Okinawa. He said "You could walk on the bullets in the air" during the celebration. She got underway two days later to return to the United States

The vessel made port calls at

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.