USS Lynx (AK-100)

	Her "Liberty Ship" lines clearly apparent, USS Lynx (AK-100), part of a tank landing craft (LCT) secured as deck cargo forward, delivers Section 13 of the advanced base sectional dock ABSD-1 at Palikulo Bay, Espiritu Santo, 1 February 1944.
History
United States
Name	Juan Bautista de Anza; Lynx;
Namesake	Juan Bautista de Anza; The constellation Lynx;
Ordered	as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 1657
Builder	California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California
Yard number	190
Way number	10
Laid down	26 April 1943
Launched	18 May 1943
Commissioned	26 July 1943
Decommissioned	1 November 1945
Renamed	Lynx, 27 May 1943
Stricken	16 November 1945
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-100; Code letters: NAXK; ;
Honors &; awards	1 × battle star
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 3 October 1972, withdrawn, 10 November 1972
General characteristics
Class & type	Crater-class cargo ship
Type	Type EC2-S-C1
Displacement	4,023 long tons (4,088 t) (standard); 14,550 long tons (14,780 t) (full load);
Length	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam	56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft	28 ft 4 in (8.64 m)
Installed power	2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa) , (manufactured by Babcock & Wilcox); 2,500 shp (1,900 kW);
Propulsion	1 × Vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine, (manufactured by Joshua Hendy); 1 × screw propeller;
Speed	12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Capacity	7,800 t (7,700 long tons) DWT; 444,206 cu ft (12,578.5 m3) (non-refrigerated);
Complement	24 officers 214 enlisted
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual-purpose (DP) gun; 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber DP gun; 2 × 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts; 6 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannon AA gun mounts;

USS Lynx (AK-100) was a Crater-class cargo ship commissioned by the US Navy for service in World War II. Lynx was the third US Navy vessel to bear the name, but unlike previous ships this one was named after the constellation Lynx. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.