USS Alkaid
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uss-alkaid-223-3923126
title:
USS Alkaid
text:
USS Alkaid (AK-114) was a Crater-class cargo ship, converted from a Liberty Ship, commissioned by the US Navy for service in World War II. She was first named after William G. Sumner, a classical liberal American social scientist. She was renamed and commissioned after Alkaid, a star in the Big Dipper asterism or constellation Ursa Major. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Liberty ship of WWII
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Alkaid
date created:
2007-08-19T17:22:58Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T11:25:16Z
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