USS Lassen (AE-3)
USS Lassen (AE-3) | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
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| Namesake |
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| Launched | 10 January 1940 |
| Acquired | 15 November 1940 |
| Commissioned | 27 March 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 15 January 1947 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1961 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Lassen-class ammunition ship |
| Type | Maritime Commission type C2 cargo |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 459 ft (140 m) |
| Beam | 63 ft (19.2 m) |
| Draft | 25 ft 11 in (7.9 m) |
| Installed power | 2 300 kw Westinghouse direct current generators driven by 2 direct-connected 6-cylinder 450 hp (340 kW) Superior diesel engines. |
| Propulsion | 2 x 9 cyl. Nordberg diesel engines each with 3,155 bhp (2,353 kW) at 225 rpm geared to 1 shaft through Falk reduction gears and American Blower Corporation hydraulic oil couplings |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Capacity | 5,000 deadweight tons |
| Complement | 280 officers and enlisted |
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USS Lassen (AE-3) was built as MS Shooting Star under a U.S. Maritime Commission contract, was delivered to the U.S. Navy after sea trials, and became an ammunition cargo ship during World War II. Like many Naval ships of this category that carried large amounts of explosive cargo, she was named for a volcano (or a volcanic island). In this case, the ship was named for Lassen Peak, a volcano in northern California that erupted heavily in 1914–17.