USNS Asterion
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | SS Arcadia Victory |
| Namesake | Arcadia, California |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration |
| Operator | American President Lines |
| Builder | California Shipbuilding Corporation, Los Angeles California. |
| Laid down | 10 June 1944 |
| Launched | 27 July 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. James T Wishart |
| Completed | 22 September 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 1952 |
| Fate | Transferred to U.S. Navy, 12 November 1961 |
| United States | |
| Name | USNS Asterion |
| Owner | U.S. Navy MSTS, (MSC). |
| Operator | U.S. Navy MSTS, (MSC). |
| Acquired | 7 November 1961 |
| Notes | Converted to refrigerated store ship, 1961 |
| In service | September 1962 |
| Out of service | 8 June 1973 |
| Stricken | 15 June 1973 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 31 August 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | VC2-S-AP3 Victory ship |
| Tonnage | 7612 GRT, 4,553 NRT |
| Displacement | 15,200 tons |
| Length | 455 ft (139 m) |
| Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
| Draught | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Installed power | 8,500 shp (6,300 kW) |
| Propulsion | HP & LP turbines geared to a single 20.5-foot (6.2 m) propeller |
| Speed | 16.5 knots |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 4 Lifeboats |
| Complement | 62 Merchant Marine and 28 US Naval Armed Guards |
| Armament | |
| Notes | |
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The SS Arcadia Victory was a Victory ship built during World War II for cargo shipping. She was launched by the California Shipbuilding Company on 1 July 1944 and completed on 22 September 1944. The ship's United States Maritime Commission designation was VC2- S- AP3, hull number 41.
In 1961 she was rebuilt as a Denebola-class stores ship and renamed USNS Asterion (T-AF-63). Her task was to carry stores, refrigerated items, and equipment to ships in the fleet, and to remote stations and staging areas.