Europa (AK-81)
Europa (AK-81) was never commissioned and thus never bore the USS designation. The ship was laid down 2 March 1942 as MV William Lester, a Maritime Commission type (N3-M-A1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 464), at the Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Company of Camden, New Jersey and launched 7 December 1942. Assigned to the Navy as Europa (AK-81), named for Europa, the smallest of the Galilean moons of planet Jupiter, scheduled to become an Enceladus-class cargo ship. She was delivered to the Navy uncompleted 24 November 1943; transferred the next day, 25 November 1943, to the United States Army; stricken from Navy lists 6 December 1943.
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Europa (AK-81)
Europa (AK-81) was never commissioned and thus never bore the USS designation. The ship was laid down 2 March 1942 as MV William Lester, a Maritime Commission type (N3-M-A1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 464), at the Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Company of Camden, New Jersey and launched 7 December 1942. Assigned to the Navy as Europa (AK-81), named for Europa, the smallest of the Galilean moons of planet Jupiter, scheduled to become an Enceladus-class cargo ship. She was delivered to the Navy uncompleted 24 November 1943; transferred the next day, 25 November 1943, to the United States Army; stricken from Navy lists 6 December 1943.
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Europa (AK-81) was never commi ...... The ship was scrapped in 1967.
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date of acquirement
1943-11-24
laying down
1942-03-02
length (μ)
8.19912e+1
ship beam (μ)
1.28016e+1
ship draft (μ)
ship launched
1942-12-07
status
Scrapped, 1967
top speed (kmh)
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Ship armament
Ship builder
Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey
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Ship displacement
* light
* full
Ship propulsion
Diesel, single shaft,
Ship renamed
by Army Thomas F. Farrell, Jr.
Ship struck
1943-12-06
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Europa (AK-81) was never commi ...... om Navy lists 6 December 1943.
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Europa (AK-81)
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Europa, ex MV William Lester
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