AK |
Name |
MC |
Notes |
80 |
ENCELADUS |
463 |
Ex merc. ELIAS D. KNIGHT. Towed to Bethlehem Steel, Key Highway, Baltimore, 18 May 43 for conversion, completed 22 Aug 43. Additional conversion 7 Oct 43 to 12 Nov 43 by the Norfolk Navy Yard. To NDRF midnight 30 Jun 46-1 Jul 46, to buyer 3 Jun 64 (non-transportation use), scrapped by 22 Jun 70. |
81 |
EUROPA |
464 |
Ex merc. WILLIAM LESTER. Accepted incomplete 24 Nov 43, to Army the next day and towed to Brewer DD Co., Staten Is., N.Y., for conversion to Engineer Port Repair Ship THOMAS F. FARRELL, JR. To NDRF 12 Jun 47, to buyer 14 Apr 65 (non-transportation use). |
82 |
HYDRA |
465 |
Ex merc. EBEN H. LINNELL. Towed to Bethlehem Steel, Key Highway, Baltimore, 27 May 43 for conversion, accepted and commissioned 25 Sep 43, and completed 30 Sep 43. Began to load cargo at Norfolk for Noumea but instead ordered to Bethlehem Steel Co., Simpson Yard, East Boston, Mass. Decomm. and to Army there 19 Nov 43 for conversion to Engineer Port Repair Ship MADISON JORDAN MANCHESTER. To NDRF 20 Aug 47. Assigned by MA as Fleet Service Craft (SS-27) to support the James River Reserve Fleet on 15 Jul 85. To buyer 24 May 94. |
83 |
MEDIA |
468 |
Ex merc. OLIVER R. MUMFORD. Towed to Bethlehem Steel, Key Highway, Baltimore, 1 Sep 43 for conversion, accepted 17 Nov 43 when conversion was half complete and to Army same date for conversion at the same yard to Engineer Port Repair Ship GLEN GERALD GRISWOLD. To NDRF 13 Aug 47, to buyer 8 Jun 67, scrapped by 13 Jun 69. |
84 |
MIRA |
469 |
Ex merc. WILLIAM NOTT. Accepted incomplete 6 Nov 43, to Army the next day and towed 7-8 Nov 43 to Bethlehem Steel Co., 56th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y., for conversion to Engineer Port Repair Ship ROBERT M. EMERY. To NDRF 23 Sep 47, to buyer 31 Mar 65 (non-transportation use), converted to floating aquarium, inactive 1970 at Astoria, Wash. |
85 |
NASHIRA |
648 |
Ex merc. JOSIAH PAUL. Accepted incomplete 25 Apr 44, to Army same date and towed to Sullivan DD & Repair Co., 23rd Street, Brooklyn, N.Y., for conversion to Engineer Port Repair Ship RICHARD R. ARNOLD. To NDRF 17 Jul 47, to buyer 29 Mar 65 (non-transportation use), converted to oil drilling ship. |
86 |
NORMA |
649 |
Ex merc. SUMNER PIERCE. Accepted incomplete 6 Jun 44, to Army same date and towed to Sullivan DD & Repair Co., 23rd Street, Brooklyn, N.Y., for conversion to Engineer Port Repair Ship HENRY WRIGHT HURLEY. To NDRF 8 Aug 47, to buyer 31 Mar 65 (non-transportation use). |
87 |
SAGITTA |
650 |
Ex merc. MOSES PIKE. Accepted incomplete 18 Jul 44, to Army the same day and towed to Brewer DD Co., Staten Is., N.Y., for conversion to Engineer Port Repair Ship MARVIN LYLE THOMAS. Stk. 22 Aug 44. To NDRF 27 Aug 47. Custody to MSTS from MA 26 Apr 52, placed in service with MSTS 11 Jun 52, and reinstated on List of Naval Vessels 22 Aug 52 as SAGITTA (T-AK-87). To NDRF 23 Feb 60 as SAGITTA. To Army 25 Apr 66 and renamed RESOURCE 1966. To MA and buyer 22 Jan 76. |
88 |
TUCANA |
651 |
Ex merc. SYMMES POTTER. Accepted incomplete 14 Sep 44 and to Army same date for conversion by Penn-Jersey to Engineer Port Repair Ship ARTHUR C. ELY. To NDRF 15 Sep 47, to buyer 14 Apr 65 (non-transportation use). |
89 |
VELA |
652 |
Ex merc. CHARLES A. RANLETT. Accepted incomplete 17 Jan 45 and to Army same date for conversion by Penn-Jersey to Engineer Port Repair Ship JOE C. SPECKER. Stk. 8 Feb 45. To NDRF 27 Aug 47. Custody to MSTS from MA 26 Apr 52, placed in service with MSTS 11 Jun 52 and reinstated on List of Naval Vessels 22 Aug 52 as VELA (T-AK-89). To NDRF 3 Apr 59, to buyer 17 Jan 71, scrapped by 12 Jun 71. |