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• Type: Type C1 ship, C1-B cargo ship

USS Auriga 

world War II U. S. Navy cargo ship
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Instance of	ship
Operator	United States Navy
Yard number	1137
Country of registry	United States of America
Service entry	1943
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• Built by: Consolidated Steel, Wilmington, California
• Yard number: 233 (MC# 493)
• Keel laid: 1942.06.09
• Launched: 1942.09.07
• Completed: 1943.03.13
• Length overall: 416 ft
• Beam: 60 ft
• GT: 6711
• DWT: 8015
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History[edit]

• Built as Alcoa Partner, call sign KKVW, official number 242914
• 1943 Named USS Auriga (AK-98)
  • Owner: War Shipping Administration, immediately acquired by U.S. Navy
  • Converted for Naval service at Matson Navigation Co., San Francisco, CA
• 1943.04.01 Commissioned
• 1946.01.22 Renamed Alcoa Partner; Flag: United States
  • Port: New York
  • Owner: Alcoa Steamship Company
• 1963.11 Returned to U.S. Maritime Commission, laid up National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group. Lee Hall, VA
• 1966.06 Transferred to U.S. Army as training ship
• 1968.10 Returned to National Defense Reserve Fleet
• 1970.05.27 Sold for scrapping to Aguilar Y Peris, S.L., in Valencia, Spain