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(Redirected from USS Etamin (IX-173)) Cargo ship of the United States Navy
USS Etamin (AK-93), broadside view, underway off San Francisco, 25 May 1943.
History
United States
Name
  • Isaac Babbitt
  • Etamin
Namesake
Orderedas a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 1106
BuilderPermanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California
Cost$959,509
Yard number1106
Way number1
Laid down28 March 1943
Launched25 April 1943
Acquired8 May 1943
Commissioned25 May 1943
Decommissioned26 June 1944
In service12 August 1944
Out of service9 July 1946
Reclassifiednon-self propelled storage hulk, 12 August 1944
Stricken31 July 1946
Identification
Honors and
awards		2 × battle stars
FateSold, 2 February 1948
General characteristics
Class and typeCrater-class cargo ship
Tonnage
Displacement
  • 4,023 long tons (4,088 t) (standard)
  • 14,550 long tons (14,780 t) (full load)
Length441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft28 ft 4 in (8.64 m)
Depth
  • 37 ft 4 in (11.38 m)
  • 34 ft 8 in (10.57 m)
Installed power
  • 2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa) ,  (manufactured by Babcock & Wilcox)
  • 2,500 shp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion
Speed12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Capacity
  • 7,800 t (7,700 long tons) DWT
  • 444,206 cu ft (12,578.5 m) (non-refrigerated)
Complement198
Armament

USS Etamin (AK-93) was the Liberty ship (EC2) Isaac Babbitt constructed for the US Maritime Commission (MARCOM) in 1943, for World War II service at a cost of $959,509. After acquisition by the US Navy, the ship was named Etamin, after the brightest star in the constellation Draco and manned by a US Coast Guard crew. As a Crater-class cargo ship, she served the military in the Pacific Ocean by providing food and material until she was torpedoed and put out of service. After repairs, she served as a non-self-propelled floating warehouse for the rest of the war. The ship ended the war in the Philippines and was among fifteen hulls sold for scrap for a lump sum of $271,000.

Construction

Etamin was launched 25 April 1943, as Isaac Babbitt, MCE hull 1106, by Permanente Metals Corporation, Yard No. 2, Richmond, California, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract; acquired by the Navy 8 May 1943; and commissioned 25 May 1943.

Service history

She was assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS), 12th Naval District with operational control given to Commander, 7th Fleet Service Force.

The ship was one of five Navy manned Liberties assigned 8 December 1943 to the Southwest Pacific Area for service to meet Army requirements. She was active in the southwest Pacific Ocean issuing stores to the fleet and making minor repairs.

On 27 April 1944,Etamin was disabled by a torpedo hit in Milne Bay and towed to Cairns, Australia, where she decommissioned on 26 June 1944. The ship, no longer self-propelled because of the torpedo damage, was designated as an unclassified miscellaneous auxiliary (IX) and placed in service as Etamin (IX-173) on 12 August 1944 continuing to issue stores to the fleet while under tow. She was placed out of service on 9 July 1946 and stricken from the Navy List on 31 July.

Sale and scrapping

Returned to the MARCOM for disposal, the ship was laid up at Subic Bay, Philippines, 9 July 1946. She was one of fifteen vessels sold for scrap to Asia Development Corporation, Shanghai, for a total of $271,000. She was sold 29 January 1948, and delivered 3 March 1948.

Awards

Etamin received two battle stars for World War II service.

References

  1. ^ Kaiser No. 2 2010.
  2. MARCOM.
  3. ^ MARAD Etamin.
  4. ^ Navsource 2014.
  5. Lloyd's.
  6. ^ DANFS.
  7. Masterson 1949, pp. 359, 390 (fn 61).
  8. ^ MARAD Isaac Babbitt.

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