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USS Murzim (AK-95)
The USS ''Murzim'' (AK-95) was an ammo station ship working in the Pacific Ocean during World War II, named after Murzim, the star in constellation Canis Major. The auxiliary ship ''Murzim'' was manned by United States Coast Guard personnel, supplying ships with a variety of ammunition.
== Built in Wilmington, California ==
In light of the Mount Hood tragedy, which involved the complete explosion of another ammunition ship, the , it became clear that those on the ''Murzim'' and other ammo ships were running the risk of nearly instantaneous death by catastrophic explosion at every moment of their stint in the Pacific Theater. Nevertheless, the crew worked even under the threat of air attack warnings, transferring their cargo to other fighting ships.
Originally named SS ''Brigham Young'', she was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract by the California Shipbuilding Company in Wilmington, California on 10 July 1942 and launched 17 August 1942 as a liberty ship. She was renamed ''Murzim'' on 17 March 1943 and was acquired by the Navy under bareboat charter from the Maritime Commission on 8 April 1943.
She was then converted for use as a naval cargo ship by the Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Drydock Company in Los Angeles, California and commissioned 14 May 1943 with Lieutenant J. E. King, USCGR, in command and Lieutenant Rodney W. Norman, USCGR, serving as communications officer. Another seaman on the ''Murzim'' was Alex Haley, who would later gain fame as the writer of ''Roots: The Saga of an American Family''. Her crew bears distinction for being the only US Navy ship crew in wartime to be ordered to "abandon ship" while at dockside due to an onboard fire while fully loaded with ammunition. The fire was controlled, averting catastrophe.
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