U.S.S. Vega
AK-17
1939
(Saratoga Model Shipyard SMY-5)
- Class: Sirius - 3 cargo ships of 1919
- Displacement: 5,800 tons
- Dimensions: 401 x 54 x 24.5 ft
- Machinery: 2-shaft reciprocating (VTE), SHP 2,500 = 11.5 knots
- Armament: 2-5"/51, 2-3"/50 AA guns
- Complement: 227
- Builder: American International Shipbuilding Corp, Hog Island, PA
- Laid down: 8 Jul 1918
- Launched: 18 Jul 1919
- Acquired: 2 Dec 1921
- Commissioned: 21 Dec 1921
- Decommissioned: 15 Jan 1946
- Notes: Built under United States Shipping Board (USSB) contract as freighter SS Lebanon. Assigned to Naval Transportation Service, she operated in both the Atlantic and Pacific prewar. Present at Pearl Harbor on 7 Dec 1941. Participated in Western Caroline Islands, Marianas, and Okinawa campaigns. Scrapped in 1946.
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