USS Circe (AKA-25)

History
United States
Name	USS Circe
Namesake	The asteroid Circe
Builder	Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island
Launched	4 August 1944
Commissioned	10 November 1944
Decommissioned	20 May 1946
Honours and; awards	1 battle star (WWII)
Fate	Transferred to the War Shipping Administration for disposal, 26 June 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	attack cargo ship
Type	S4–SE2–BE1
Displacement	4,087 long tons (4,153 t) light; 7,000 long tons (7,112 t) full;
Length	426 ft (130 m)
Beam	58 ft (18 m)
Draft	16 ft (4.9 m)
Speed	16.9 knots (31.3 km/h; 19.4 mph)
Complement	302 officers and enlisted
Armament	1 × 5"/38 caliber gun mount; 4 × twin 40 mm gun mounts; 10 × 20 mm gun mounts;

USS Circe (AKA-25) was an

attack cargo ship named after the asteroid 34 Circe, which in turn was named after Circe

Circe (AKA-25) was launched 4 August 1944 by

Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. R. E. Dougherty; acquired by the Navy 10 November 1944; and commissioned

Circe reached Pearl Harbor from the East Coast 3 January 1945. Twenty days later she put to sea with Marine reinforcements and explosives for Guadalcanal, and through February, ferried troops in the Guadalcanal area. After practice landings in Savo Sound, she reported at Ulithi 21 March to stage for the assault of Okinawa.

Between 1 April 1945 and 6 April, Circe was part of the vast armada off

Kwajalein, Saipan, and Tinian

Clearing Pearl Harbor 25 September 1945, Circe supported

the occupation on cargo duty which took her to ports in Japan and Korea

Circe received one battle star for World War II service.

References

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

v t e Artemis-class attack cargo ships
United States Navy	Artemis Athene Aurelia Birgit Circe Corvus Devosa Hydrus Lacerta Lumen Medea Mellena Ostara Tanner Polana Renate / Maury Roxane Sappho Sarita Scania Selinur Sidonia Sirona Sylvania Tabora Troilus Turandot / Aeolus Valeria Vanadis / Thor Veritas Xenia Zenobia
Chilean Navy	Presidente Errázuriz (ex-Xenia) Presidente Pinto (ex-Zenobia)
Preceded by: Andromeda class Followed by: Tolland class
List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships