Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

AKS-20 USS Mercury

• Mercury class General Stores Issue Ship:
• Displacement: 13,900 tons (full load)
• Length: 459'
• Beam: 63'
• Draft: 27'
• Speed: 15 knots
• Armament: 1 5"/38 DP, 4 3"/50 DP, 10 20mm
• Complement: 265
• Capacity: 6,773 DWT cargo
• Geared turbine engines, single screew, 6,000 hp
• Built at Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny, N.J., and commissioned as AK-42 1 July 1942
• Reclassified AKS-20 31 July 1945

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Mercury

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