USS Arneb (AKA-56)
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| Name: | USS Arneb |
| Namesake: | Arneb |
| Builder: | Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, California |
| Launched: | 6 July 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 22 April 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 16 March 1948 |
| Recommissioned: | 19 March 1949 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 August 1971 |
| Reclassified: | LKA-56, 1 January 1969 |
| Struck: | 13 August 1971 |
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| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 1 March 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Andromeda-class attack cargo ship |
| Type: | Type C2-S-B1 |
| Displacement: | 14,200 long tons (14,428 t) full |
| Length: | 459 ft 2 in (139.95 m) |
| Beam: | 63 ft (19 m) |
| Draft: | 26 ft 4 in (8.03 m) |
| Speed: | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Complement: | 429 |
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USS Arneb (AKA-56/LKA-56) was an Andromeda-class attack cargo ship named after Arneb, the brightest star in the southern constellation Lepus. She served as a commissioned ship for 27 years and 3 months, the longest time in commission of any AKA.
Arneb (AKA-56) was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1159) as Mischief by the Moore Dry Dock Company at Oakland, California, launched on 6 July 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Carol J. Palmer, the daughter of a plant engineer, acquired by the Navy on 16 November and towed to Portland, Oregon, where she was converted to an attack cargo ship by the Willamette Iron and Steel Works, and commissioned on 28 April 1944, Comdr. Howard R. Shaw in command.
Outfitted and loaded with stores for her first cruise by 10 May 1944, the attack cargo ship steamed to San Diego for shakedown training which was made unexpectedly interesting by her rescue of the three-man crew of a Navy Grumman TBF Avenger that had had to "ditch". During June and July, the ship practiced amphibious maneuvers using Army troops to make landings on San Clemente Island.
On 22 July, Arneb sailed for the Hawaiian Islands, and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 30 July. After debarking passengers, the ship continued on to Guadalcanal for training. On 29 August, the ship got underway with three transport divisions to rehearse landings for the invasion of the Palau Islands. On 8 September, she sortied with Transport Division (TransDiv) 32, and headed for Angaur Island.
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