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USS Etamin, a 14,254-ton (displacement) Crater class cargo ship, was originally built at Richmond, California, as the "Liberty" ship Isaac Babbitt. Taken over by the Navy upon completion in early May 1943, she was placed in commission later in that month. For most her career, Etamin operated in the southwestern Pacific, carrying and issuing supplies for units of the Seventh Fleet. She also participated in the late 1943 invasion of New Britain, the March 1944 landings in the Admiralty Islands and the assault on Aitape, New Guinea. On 27 April 1944, while off Aitape, she was hit by a Japanese aircraft-launched torpedo, suffering extensive damage. Towed to Australia, Etamin was decommissioned two months later. In August 1944 she was redesignated IX-173 and entered service as a non-self-propelled stores issue vessel. Etamin was placed out of service in July 1946 and laid up at Subic Bay, Philippine Islands. Soon transferred to Maritime Commission custody, she was sold in March 1948.
This page features the only view we have concerning USS Etamin (AK-93, later IX-173).
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Photo #: NH 84961 USS Etamin (AK-93) Photographed circa 1943-1944. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1976 U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 465 pixels |
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