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USAPRS Arthur C. Ely
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 Tucana (AK-88)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Enceladus Class Cargo Ship:
  • Authorized as a Maritime Commission type (N3-M-A1) hull, assigned the name Symmes Potter
  • Re-named Tucana (AK-88) by US Navy, 30 October 1942
  • Laid down, 24 April 1944, as Tucana (AK-88) under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 651) at Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.
  • Launched, 13 September 1944
  • Reassigned for delivery, 13 September 1944, to the US Army Transportation Service
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 13 September 1944
  • Allocated to the US Army Corps of Engineers
  • Renamed USAPRS Arthur C. Ely, conversion to a a Port Rehabilitation Ship completed circa June 1944 at Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc., Baltimore, MD.
  • Arthur C. Ely operated in Pacific ports as a Corps of Engineers port repair ship until her transfer to the Maritime Commission in 1947
  • Arthur C. Ely was at Okinawa when the war ended
  • Decommissioned by the US Army, date unknown
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 15 September 1947, for layup in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 4 March 1965, to Zidell Explorations Inc., (PD-X-687, dated 11 February 1965), for $28,011.91, withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet, 14 April 1965
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,677 t.(lt), 5,200 t.(fl)
    Length 269' 10"
    Beam 42' 6"
    Draft 20' 8"
    Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.
    Cargo Capacity 3,175 DWT
    non-refrigerated 115,873 Cu. ft.
    Speed 10.25 kts
    Complement 83
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 1,940 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one Cooper Bessemer Diesel engine
    Ship's Service Generators
    three Diesel-drive 100Kw 120V/240V D.C.
    two Diesel-drive 40Kw 120V D.C.
    single propeller, 1,190shp
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    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    MARAD Vessel History Database
    United States Army in World War II - The Corps of Engineers: Troops and Equipment- Chapter XVII - Preparing to Reconstruct Ports
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    Last Updated 15 February 2019