
Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
AKA-9 USS Alhena
- Alhena class Attack Cargo Ship:
- Displacement: 15,085 tons
- Length: 840'
- Beam: 66'
- Draft: 27'
- Speed: 18 knots
- Armament: 1 5"/38 DP, 4x2 40mm, 14-x 20mm
- Complement: 446
- Geared turbine engines, single screw, 6,300 hp
- Built at Bethlehem Shipbuilding, Sparrow Point, Md., and commissioned as AK-26 15 June 1941
- Converted to AKA-9 26 November 1942
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Last updated:
31 March 2010