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U.S.S. CEPHEUS
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AKA-18 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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OCT | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 23 OCT 1943 | ||
DEC | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 16 DEC 1943 | ||
DEC | 1944 | - | APR | 1945 | Middle Pacific |
MAR | 1945 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 MAR 1945 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
MAR | 1945 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 MAR 1945 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1946 | - | JAN | 1947 | Antarctic Circle |
MAY | 1946 | - | Decommissioned: 22 MAY 1946 | ||
DEC | 1946 | - | JAN | 1947 | Antarctic Circle |
AKA-18 General Specifications
Class: Andromeda-class attack cargo ship
Complement: 404 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 6556 tons
Length: 459 feet 3 inches
Beam: 63 feet
Draft: 26 feet
Final Disposition: Returned to the Maritime Commission 1946