Norma (AK-86)
Norma (AK-86) was never commissioned and thus never bore the USS designation. Norma is the name of constellation. The ship was built as a Maritime Commission type N3-M-A1 cargo vessel intended for naval and Lend Lease service as M.C. hull 649 assigned the name MV Summer Pierce before being laid down on 3 December 1943. The ship was renamed and designated Norma (AK-86), 30 October 1942 intended as an Enceladus-class cargo ship for the U.S. Navy. Norma was delivered to the Navy on 6 June 1944 and transferred to the U.S. Army on the same day. Norma was renamed Henry Wright Hurley by the Army and began conversion into a U.S. Army Engineer Port Repair ship for service with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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Norma (AK-86)
Norma (AK-86) was never commissioned and thus never bore the USS designation. Norma is the name of constellation. The ship was built as a Maritime Commission type N3-M-A1 cargo vessel intended for naval and Lend Lease service as M.C. hull 649 assigned the name MV Summer Pierce before being laid down on 3 December 1943. The ship was renamed and designated Norma (AK-86), 30 October 1942 intended as an Enceladus-class cargo ship for the U.S. Navy. Norma was delivered to the Navy on 6 June 1944 and transferred to the U.S. Army on the same day. Norma was renamed Henry Wright Hurley by the Army and began conversion into a U.S. Army Engineer Port Repair ship for service with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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Norma (AK-86) was never commis ...... U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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date of acquirement
1944-06-06
laying down
1943-12-03
length (μ)
8.19912e+1
ship beam (μ)
1.28016e+1
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ship launched
1944-06-04
status
Sold 31 March 1965 to Zidell Explorations, Inc., Portland, Oregon for scrapping.
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12,824,689
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Ship armament
Navy design: 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
Ship builder
Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Corp.
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Ship country
Ship namesake
Constellation Norma
Ship notes
Norma was never commissioned and never saw service with the U.S. Navy.
The ship was never commissione ...... ltered design and appearance .
Ship ordered
as MV Sumner PierceN3-M-A1 hull, MC hull 649
Ship propulsion
Diesel, single shaft, 1,300shp
Ship renamed
Ship sponsor
Mrs. Joseph Kijek
Ship struck
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Norma (AK-86) was never commis ...... U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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Norma (AK-86)
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Norma
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