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USS ''Algorab'' (AKA-8) was laid down as ''Mormacwren'',〔A second ''Mormacwren'', U.S. O/N 242616, followed in 1942. It was a C1-B type completed 26 December 1942 and converted to a troop ship operated by Moore-McCormack Lines for the War Shipping Administration. The MARAD Vessel Status Card for this ship is in the same URL location as for the earlier ship.〕 one of the earliest Maritime Commission type C2 ships (MC hull 20), on 10 August 1938 by the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania as hull 177 for Moore-McCormack Lines. ''Mormacwren'' was acquired by the United States Navy 6 June 1941, commissioned 15 June 1941 as USS ''Algorab'' (AK-25) and was redesignated an attack transport on 1 February 1943 with the hull number chanted to AKA-8. ''Algorab'' decommissioned on 3 December 1945 and was delivered to the Maritime Commission on 30 June 1946 for disposal, purchased by Wallem & Co. on 4 April 1947 for commercial service. ''Algorab'' served in the Atlantic with voyages to Iceland and the Caribbean until transporting Army troops to the Pacific in 1942 and remaining there with the exception of returning for the landings in North Africa. ==Construction and design== ''Mormacwren'' was one of six C2 type motor ships, the first being , built at Sun designed as cargo liners with capacity for twelve passengers in staterooms with bath and a design speed of .〔The others of the group were ''Mormachawk'' which became , ''Mormacgull'' / , ''Mormacdove'' / and ''Mormaclark'' / .〕 ''Mormacwren'' was launched on 15 June 1939 sponsored by Miss Barbara Ann Moore, the fourteen-year-old daughter of Moore-McCormack Lines' President.〔DANFS has "sponsored by Miss Mary Aldrich" which may be the Navy renaming ceremony or a mistake. A prominent shipping industry journal in a ''contemporary'' piece is almost certainly accurate about the ''Mormacwren'' sponsor.〕 The design specifications for the six ships were for length overall of , length between perpendiculars , molded beam of , depth to shelter deck of and loaded draft of . Cargo capacity was for with loaded displacement of and cargo deadweight of . With fuel capacity of cruising range was approximately at a normal speed of . The hull was a full shelter deck type with seven transverse water tight bulkheads, five holds, three forward and two aft of the engine spaces with by hatches except for #1 at in length and #3 which was in length. Holds were served by booms and 50 horsepower electric winches on six king posts. The four story deck house had quarters for officers and six staterooms with private baths on the bridge deck for twelve passengers. Crew spaces were on the shelter deck level of the deck house. Propulsion was by a direct connected, four cylinder, double opposed piston Sun-Doxford diesel developing 6,000 shaft horsepower at 92 revolutions on the single diameter, pitch screw. Piston bore was and combined stroke of . At the time this was the most powerful marine diesel built in the United States and was capable of operating two hours under 25% overload for 7,500 horsepower. Exhaust heat, or oil for port or emergencies, drove a steam generator providing steam for cooking, heating and hot water services. Three 250 kilowatt diesel generators provided electrical service. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Algorab (AKA-8)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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