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USS Pollux (AKS-4)
USS ''Pollux'' (AKS-4) was a ''Castor''-class general stores issue ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for delivering and disbursing goods and equipment to locations in the war zone.
The third ship to be named ''Pollux'' by the Navy, ''AKS–4'' was laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearney, New Jersey as ''SS Nancy Lykes'' for Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, 2 October 1941; launched 5 February 1942; acquired by the Navy 19 March; transferred to the Robbins Dry Dock and Repair Co., Brooklyn, New York, for conversion; and commissioned 27 April 1942; Capt. E. J. Kidder in command.
== World War II service ==
After a shakedown cruise, ''Pollux'' operated as a unit of the Commander, Service Force, Atlantic. She supplied forces afloat and Allied bases at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba; St. Thomas, Virgin Islands; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Trinidad and Jamaica, West Indies; Colón, Panama Canal Zone; Recife and Bahia, Brazil; and Bermuda. She operated out of the U.S. East Coast ports of New York, Bayonne, New Jersey, Baltimore, Maryland, and Norfolk, Virginia.
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