USS Rotanin (AK-108)
USS Rotanin (AK-108)
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| Ordered: | as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 1872 |
| Builder: | California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California |
| Yard number: | 243 |
| Way number: | 5 |
| Laid down: | 24 July 1943 |
| Launched: | 18 August 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Andrew R. Bone |
| Commissioned: | 23 November 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 5 April 1946 |
| Struck: | 17 April 1946 |
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| Honors and awards: |
 1 × battle star
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| Fate: | returned to MARCOM, 5 April 1946, laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Group, Benicia, California |
| Status: | sold for scrapping, 29 April 1966, removed, 5 May 1966, scrapping completed, 30 August 1966 |
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| Class and type: | Crater-class cargo ship |
| Type: | Type EC2-S-C1 |
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| Length: | 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) |
| Beam: | 56 ft 11 in (17.35 m) |
| Draft: | 28 ft 4 in (8.64 m) |
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| Speed: | 12.5 kn (14.4 mph; 23.2 km/h) |
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| Complement: | 16 officers 190 enlisted |
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USS Rotanin (AK-108) was a Crater-class cargo ship commissioned by the US Navy for service in World War II. Rotanin, which is a misspelling of the name "Rotanen", was named after the star Beta Delphini, a star located in the constellation Delphinus. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.
Rotanin was laid down 24 July 1943, under Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull No. 1872, as the Liberty ship SS William Kelly, by California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California; launched 18 August 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Andrew R. Bone; and commissioned 23 November 1943, Lieutenant William L. Howard, USNR, in command.
Completing shakedown 5 December, Rotanin loaded her first combat cargo and embarked her first military passengers at Port Hueneme, California, and on 12 December, sailed for Nouméa. Arriving 5 January 1944, she carried troops and cargo to Guadalcanal, then, on 27 December, continued on to the Russell Islands. By 2 February, she had discharged all cargo and was underway back to the Guadalcanal-Florida Island area. From then until March, she carried cargo and personnel throughout the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomons, the Fijis, and the New Hebrides. In April, she completed a run to Auckland, New Zealand, and in May, she moved supplies to Manus. She then resumed runs in the Solomons-New Hebrides-Fiji area.
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