Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

AK -- Cargo Ships

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Miscellaneous Cargo Ships (No Class)

No. Name                         Comm. Disp. Notes (: Lost)                                  
AK-23 Alchiba 1941
1943
7293 Maritime Commission C2-Cargo type
Reclassified Attack Cargo Ship AKA-6
AK-24 Alcyone 1941
1943
7293 Maritime Commission C2-Cargo type
Reclassified Attack Cargo Ship AKA-7
AK-25 Algorab 1941
1943
7293 Maritime Commission C2-Cargo type
Reclassified Attack Cargo Ship AKA-8
AK-26 Alhena 1941
1943
7151 Maritime Commission C2-S type
Reclassified Attack Cargo Ship AKA-9
AK-27 Almaack 1942
1943
7074 Maritime Commission C3-E type
Reclassified Attack Cargo Ship AKA-10
AK-47 Aquila 1944 2054  
AK-18 Arcturus 1940
1943
7476 Maritime Commission C2-Cargo type
Reclassified Attack Cargo Ship AKA-1
AK-51 Aries 1942 1881  
AK-44 Aroostook 1941 4200 Converted from Minelayer CM-3
AK-63 Asterion 1942 3628 Converted to Q-ship (AK-100) from freighter SS Evelyn
Transferred to Coast Guard (WAK-123), 12 Jan 1944
AK-101 Atik 1942 6610 Converted to Q-ship (AK-101) from freighter SS Carolyn
: 27 March 1942; torpedoed by U-123, W. Atlantic
AK-98 Auriga 1943 5006 Maritime Commission C1-B type
AK-231 Bedford Victory 1944 4480 Maritime Commission VC-2-S-AP2
AK-20 Bellatrix 1942
1943
5618 Maritime Commission C2-T type
Reclassified Attack Cargo Ship AKA-3
AK-28 Betelgeuse 1941
1943
7476 Maritime Commission C2-Cargo type
Reclassified Attack Cargo Ship AKA-11
AK-227 Bolder Victory 1944 4480 Maritime Commission VC-2-S-AP2
AK-234 Bucyrus Victory 1944 4480 Maritime Commission VC-2-S-AP2
AK-13 Capella 1921 4037  
AK-29 Delta 1941
1942
8975  
Converted to Repair Ships AR-9
AK-21 Electra 1942
1943
5618 Maritime Commission C2-T type
Reclassified Attack Cargo Ship AKA-4
AK-80 Enceladus 1943 1677 Maritime Commission N3-M-A1 type
AK-22 Fomalhaut 1942
1943
1944
4036  
Converted to Attack Cargo Ship AKA-5
Reverted to AK
AK-52 Gemini 1942 1745 Converted to Transport AP-75
AK-30 Hamul 1941
1942
8560 Maritime Commission C3-Cargo type
Converted to Destroyer Tender AD-20
AK-41 Hercules 1941 5920 Maritime Commission C3-E type
AK-82 Hydra 1943 1677 Maritime Commission N3-M-A1 type
Transferred to the Army
AK-43 Jupiter 1942
1945
5594 Maritime Commission C2-Cargo type
Converted to Aviation Supply Ship AVS-8
AK-236 Lakewood Victory 1944 4480 Maritime Commission VC-2-S-AP2
AK-229 Las Vegas Victory 1944 4480 Maritime Commission VC-2-S-AP2
AK-53 Libra 1942
1943
6973 Maritime Commission C2-F type
Reclassified Attack Cargo Ship AKA-12
AK-230 Manderson Victory 1944 4480 Maritime Commission VC-2-S-AP2 "Victory" type
AK-31 Markab 1941
1942
7919 Maritime Commission C3-Cargo type
Converted to Destroyer Tender AD-21
AK-232 Mayfield Victory 1944 4480 Maritime Commission VC-2-S-AP2 "Victory" type
AK-42 Mercury 1942
1945
5994 Maritime Commission C2-Cargo type
Converted to General Stores Issue Ship
AK-233 Newcastle Victory 1944 4480 Maritime Commission VC-2-S-AP2 "Victory" type
AK-56 Oberon 1942
1943
7391 Maritime Commission C2-F type
Reclassified Attack Cargo Ship AKA-14
AK-48 Pegasus 1941
1945
1758  
Converted to Unclassified Vessel IX-222
AK-46 Pleiades 1941 2874  
AK-19 Procyon 1941
1943
8045 Maritime Commission C2-Cargo type
Reclassified Attack Cargo Ship AKA-2
AK-228 Provo Victory 1944 4480 Maritime Commission VC-2-S-AP2 "Victory" type
AK-235 Red Oak Victory 1944 4480 Maritime Commission VC-2-S-AP2 "Victory" type
AK-14 Regulus 1940 3590  
AK-49 Saturn 1942
1945
5088 ex-German SS Arauca
Converted to Store Ship AF-40
AK-15 Sirius 1922 4323  
AK-16 Spica 1940 3914  
AK-55 Titania 1942
1943
7047 Maritime Commission C2-F type
Reclassified Attack Cargo Ship AKA-13
AK-17 Vega 1921 4323  

Crater Class

No. Name                         Comm. Notes (: Lost)                                  
AK-71 Adhara 1942  
AK-90 Albireo 1943  
AK-116 Alderamin 1943  
AK-109 Alioth 1943
1944
 
Converted to Unclassified Vessel IX-204
AK-114 Alkaid 1943  
AK-110 Alkes 1943  
AK-225 Allegan 1944  
AK-127 Alnitah 1943  
AK-72 Aludra 1942 23 Jun 43; torpedoed by IJN Ro-103 in the Solomons
AK-226 Appanoose 1944  
AK-136 Ara 1944  
AK-73 Arided 1942  
AK-130 Arkab 1944  
AK-137 Ascella 1944  
AK-124 Azimech 1944  
AK-122 Baham 1944
1944
 
Converted to Miscellaneous Auxiliary
AK-99 Bootes 1943  
AK-106 Caelum 1943  
AK-74 Carina 1942  
AK-75 Cassiopeia 1942  
AK-76 Celeno 1943  
AK-77 Cetus 1943  
AK-138 Cheleb 1944  
AK-91 Cor Caroli 1943  
AK-70 Crater 1942  
AK-115 Crux 1944  
AK-223 De Grasse 1944 Converted from Transport AP-164
AK-78 Deimos 1943 23 Jun 43; torpedoed by IJN Ro-103 in the Solomons
AK-79 Draco 1943  
AK-92 Eridanus 1943  
AK-93 Etamin 1943
1944
Maritime Commission EC2-S-C1 type; ex-SS Isaac Babbitt
Converted to Unclassified Vessel IX-173
AK-104 Ganymede 1943  
AK-111 Giansar 1943  
AK-112 Grumium 1943
1944
ex-SS W.G. McAdoo
Converted to Unclassified Vessel IX-174
AK-107 Hyperion 1943  
AK-221 Kenmore 1944 Converted from Transport AP-162
AK-128 Leonis 1943  
AK-125 Lesuth 1943  
AK-222 Livingston 1944 Converted from Transport AP-163
AK-100 Lynx 1943  
AK-101 Lyra 1943  
AK-119 Matar 1944  
AK-126 Megrez 1943  
AK-131 Melucta 1944  
AK-123 Menkar 1944  
AK-94 Mintaka 1943  
AK-95 Murzim 1943  
AK-105 Naos 1943  
AK-139 Pavo 1944  
AK-129 Phobos 1944  
AK-224 Prince Georges 1944 Converted from Transport AP-165
AK-132 Propos 1944  
AK-108 Rotanin 1943  
AK-113 Rutilicus 1943  
AK-121 Sabik 1943  
AK-103 Sculptor 1943  
AK-133 Seginus 1944  
AK-97 Serpens 1943 29 Jan 45; explosion at Guadalcanal
AK-118 Shaula 1943  
AK-140 Situla 1944  
AK-96 Sterope 1943  
AK-134 Syrma 1944  
AK-102 Triangulum 1943  
AK-135 Venus 1944  
AK-120 Zaniah 1943
1945
 
Converted to Miscellaneous Auxiliary AG-70
AK-117 Zaurak 1944  


Alamosa Class

No. Name                         Comm. Notes (: Lost)                                  
AK-156 Alamosa 1944  
AK-157 Alcona 1944  
AK-158 Amador 1944  
AK-159 Antrim 1944  
AK-160 Autauga 1944  
AK-161 Beaverhead 1945  
AK-162 Beltrami 1945  
AK-163 Blount 1945  
AK-164 Brevard 1945  
AK-165 Bullock 1945  
AK-166 Cabell 1945  
AK-167 Caledonia 1945  
AK-168 Charlevoix 1945  
AK-169 Chatham 1945  
AK-170 Chicot 1945  
AK-171 Claiborne 1945  
AK-172 Clarion 1945  
AK-173 Codington 1945  
AK-174 Colquitt 1945  
AK-175 Craighead 1945  
AK-178 Fairhead 1945  
AK-179 Faribault 1945  
AK-180 Fentress 1945  
AK-181 Flagler 1945  
AK-182 Gadsden 1945  
AK-183 Glacier 1945  
AK-184 Grainger 1945  
AK-186 Habersham 1945  
AK-187 Hennepin 1945  
AK-188 Herkimer 1945  
AK-189 Hidalgo 1945  
AK-190 Kenosha 1945  
AK-191 Lebanon 1945  
AK-192 Lehigh 1945  
AK-194 Marengo 1945  
AK-195 Midland 1945  
AK-197 Muscatine 1945  
AK-198 Muksingum 1945  
AK-200 Pembina 1945  
AK-205 Poinsett 1945  
AK-206 Pontotoc 1945  
AK-207 Richland 1945  
AK-208 Rockdale 1945  
AK-209 Schuyler 1945  
AK-210 Screven 1945  
AK-211 Sebastoam 1945  
AK-213 Sussex 1945  
AK-214 Tarrant 1945  



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