USS Akutan
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Akutan (AE-13) |
| Namesake | Akutan Island |
| Laid down | 20 June 1944 |
| Launched | 17 September 1944 |
| Commissioned | 15 February 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 19 October 1946 |
| Stricken | 1 May 1960 |
| Fate | unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Lassen-class ammunition ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 459 ft (140 m) |
| Beam | 63 ft (19.2 m) |
| Draught | 25 ft 11 in (7.9 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 x 9 cyl. Nordberg diesel engines each with 3155 brake horsepower at 225 rpm geared to 1 shaft |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Capacity | 5,000 deadweight tons |
| Complement | 280 officers and enlisted |
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USS Akutan (AE-13) was a Lassen-class ammunition ship commissioned in the United States Navy. She was laid down on 20 June 1944 at Tampa, Fla., by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 17 September 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Rosswell B. Daggett, the wife of Capt. Daggett, USN, the supervisor of shipbuilding at Tampa; and commissioned on 15 February 1945. She was named after Akutan Island, an active volcano in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.