USS Jupiter (AK-43)

	USS Jupiter (AK-43), under way c. 1942-1943, location unknown
History
United States
Name	Flying Cloud
Owner	Grace Line Inc.
Ordered	as (Type C2 ship) hull, MC hull 17
Awarded	9 May 1938
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Kearny, New Jersey
Cost	$2,087,589.03
Yard number	8
Way number	157
Laid down	16 March 1939
Launched	30 September 1939
Sponsored by	Mrs. Emma Guffey Miller
In service	1 November 1939
Out of service	19 June 1941
Renamed	Santa Catalina, November 1940
Identification	Callsign: WDJB; ;
Fate	Transferred to US Navy, 19 June 1941
United States
Name	Santa Catalina (19 June 1941); Jupiter (20 June 1941–);
Namesake	Santa Catalina; The planet Jupiter;
Commissioned	22 August 1942
Decommissioned	23 May 1947
Reclassified	Aviation Supply Issue Ship (AVS), 31 July 1945
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-43; Hull symbol: AVS-8; Code letters: NOPF (as AK); ; Code letters: NCBV (as AVS); ;
Recommissioned	10 October 1950
Decommissioned	June 1964
Stricken	1 August 1965
Fate	Laid up in the Olympia Reserve Fleet, in Olympia, Washington, 25 June 1964, sold for scrapping, 12 March 1971
General characteristics
Class & type	Aldebaran-class cargo ship (1942–1945); Grumium-class aviation supply issue ship (1945–1965);
Tonnage	9,758 DWT
Displacement	7,293 long tons (7,410 t) (light); 10,850 long tons (11,020 t) (full load);
Length	459 ft 2 in (139.95 m)
Beam	63 ft (19 m)
Draft	25 ft 10 in (7.87 m)
Installed power	2 × Babcock & Wilcox D-type boilers, 465 psi (3,210 kPa), 765 °F (407 °C); 6,000 shp (4,500 kW);
Propulsion	1 × General Electric geared turbine; 1 × General Electric double main reduction gear; 1 × propeller;
Speed	16.4 kn (30.4 km/h; 18.9 mph)
Capacity	494,667 cu ft (14,007.4 m3)
Complement	24 officers; 221 enlisted;
Armament	1 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 caliber gun; 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber gun dual purpose gun; 4 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannon AA mounts;

USS Jupiter (AK-43/AVS-8) was an Aldebaran-class cargo ship commissioned by the US Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for delivering necessary goods and equipment to ships and stations in the war zone. Shortly before the end of the war she was reclassified as a Jupiter-class aviation stores issue ship AVS-8. She was named after the planet Jupiter.