USS Crater
AK-70
1943
(SeaVee SV-539)
- Class: Crater - 60 EC2-S-C1 cargo ships of 1942
- Displacement: 4,023 tons light / 11,565 tons full load
- Dimensions: 441'6" x 56'11" x 28'4"
- Machinery: Reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 1,950 SHP = 12 knots
- Armament: 1-5in/38 DP, 1-3in/50 DP, 2-40mm AA (2x1), 6-20mm AA (6x1) guns
- Complement: 198
- Builder: Permanente Metals Corp, Yard #2, Richmond, CA
- Keel Laid: 28 Aug 1942
- Launched: 8 Oct 1942
- Commissioned: 31 Oct 1942
- Decommissioned: 25 Jun 1946
- Notes: Laid down as SS John James Audubon, a Maritime Commission type EC2-S-C1 hull.
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