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|  ONI 222 |
| Tonnage | 4023 tons light |
| Dimensions | 441'6" by 57' by 30' 134.6m by 17.4m by 9.1m |
| Maximum speed | 11.5 knots |
| Complement | 204 |
| Armament | 1 5"/38
dual
purpose gun 1 3"/50 AA gun 2 40mm Bofors AA guns 6 20mm Oerlikon AA guns |
| Machinery |
1-shaft Joshua-Handy triple-expansion
reciprocating (2500 shp) Two Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
| Bunkerage |
1110 tons |
| Cargo | 444,206 cubic feet (12,579 m3) 7800 deadweight tons |
The Craters were
completed in 1942-45. They were Liberty
Ships (Maritime
Commission EC2-S-E1 hulls) armed and manned by Navy crews for
cargo
delivery close to the combat zone.
| Crater | completed 1942-10-31 (Richmond) | |
| Adhara | completed 1942-11-11 (Richmond) | |
| Carina | completed 1942-12-1 (Richmond) | |
| Aludra | completed 1942-12-4 (Richmond) | Torpedoed
1943-6-23 by RO-103 off New Caldedonia |
| Cassiopeia | completed 1942-12-8 (Richmond) | |
| Celeno | completed 1943-1-2 (Richmond) | |
| Cetus | completed 1943-1-17 (Richmond) | |
| Deimos | completed 1943-1-23 (Richmond | Torpedoed
1943-6-23 off New Caldedonia and scuttled |
| Draco | completed 1943-2-16 (Richmond) | |
| Albireo | completed 1943-3-29 (Richmond) | |
| Cor Caroli | completed 1943-4-16 (Richmond) | |
| Mintaka | completed 1943-5-10 (San Diego) | |
| Murzim | completed 1943-5-14 (Wilmington) | |
| Sterope | completed 1943-5-14 (Portland) | |
| Serpens | completed 1943-5-28 (San Diego) | Destroyed in accidental
explosion 1945-1-23 off Guadalcanal |
| Etamin | arrived 1943-6 | |
| Bootes | completed 1943-7-15 (Wilmington) | |
| Lyra | completed 1943-7-22 (Richmond) | |
| Lynx | completed 1943-7-26 (Wilmington) | |
| Triangulum | completed 1943-7-30 (San Diego) | |
| Ganymede | completed 1943-7-31 (Richmond) | |
| Sculptor | completed 1943-8-10 (Wilmington) | |
| Naos | completed 1943-8-17 (Wilmington) | |
| Hyperion | completed 1943-8-25 (San Diego) | |
| Grumium | completed 1943-10-20 (Seattle) | |
| Caelum | completed 1943-10-22 (Wilmington)
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| Allioth | completed 1943-10-25 (Richmond) | |
| Leonis | completed 1943-10-25 (Portland) | |
| Megrez | completed 1943-10-26 (Wilmington) | |
| Alkes | completed 1943-10-28 (Richmond) | |
| Azimech | completed 1943-10-29 (Richmond) | |
| Giansar | completed 1943-10-29 (Portland) | |
| Rutilicus | completed 1943-10-30 (San Diego) | |
| Lesuth | completed 1943-11-1 (Wilmington) | |
| De Grasse | completed 1943-11-8 (Portland) | |
| Livingston | completed 1943-11-10 (Wilmington) | |
| Prince Georges
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completed 1943-11-10 (Richmond) | Employed as a transport until 1944-8-20. |
| Kenmore | completed 1943-11-14 (Wilmington) | |
| Arided | completed 1943-11-23 (Richmond) | |
| Rotanin | completed 1943-11-23 (Wilmington) | |
| Alnitah | completed 1943-11-27 (Richmond) | |
| Cheleb | completed 1944-1-1 (Richmond) | |
| Ara | completed 1944-1-4 (Wilmington) | |
| Ascella | completed 1944-1-7 (Wilmington) | |
| Pavo | completed 1944-1-14 (Wilmington) | |
| Situla | completed 1944-1-14 (Portland) | |
| Alkaid | arrived 1944-4 | |
| Crux | arrived 1944-5-11 | |
| Zaurak | arrived 1944-5-19 | |
| Alderamin | arrived 1944-6 | |
| Shaula | arrived 1944-6 | |
| Sabik | arrived 1944-6-14 | |
| Menkar | arrived 1944-7 | |
| Propus | arrived 1944-7 | |
| Matar | arrived 1944-7-1 | |
| Phobos | arrived 1944-8-6 | |
| Baham | arrived 1944-9 | |
| Syrma | arrived 1944-9-30-4 | |
| Allegan | arrived 1944-10 | |
| Appanoose | arrived 1944-10 | |
| Melucta | arrived 1944-11-17 |
References
NavSource.Org (accessed 2006-7-4)
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