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Athene (AKA-22) was She was scrapped in 1966. named after the minor planet 881 Athene, which in turn was named after the Greek goddess Athena.She was laid down on 20 January 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1883) at Providence, R.I., by the Walsh-Kaiser Co., Inc.; launched on 18 June 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Emily Thornton; and acquired by the Navy and commissioned on 29 ...
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1944 Ship State Description HMS Gould Royal Navy World War II: The Captain-class frigate was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal by U-358 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of 123 of her 137 crew.
The list of ship commissionings in 1944 includes a chronological list of ships commissioned in 1944. In cases where no official commissioning ceremony was held, the date of service entry may be used instead.
USS Alhena (AKA-9) was an attack cargo ship named after Alhena, a star in the constellation Gemini. ... Bougainville in December 1943 and January 1944. [5] Saipan
1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1944th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 944th year of the 2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1940s decade.
USS Adria; SS Aenos (1944) HMS Affray (P421) SS Aghios Nectarios; Japanese escort ship Aguni; USNS Aiken Victory; HMAS Air Faith (909) HMAS Air View (923) USNS AKL-30 ...
Marine Lion a C4-S-B2, was renamed to USS Benevolence, a hospital ship. On 25 August 1950 she sank after a in collision with the freighter SS Mary Luckenbach in heavy fog off San Francisco. Of the crew of 550, 23 were lost in the sinking. [24] USS General Omar Bundy, built in 1944, was sold a few times and renamed SS Poet.
Marco Polo was a cargo ship built under a US Maritime Commission contract (as MC hull 1356), by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Co., Wilmington, North Carolina.. The ship was renamed Mount Hood on 10 November 1943; launched on 28 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs. A. J. Reynolds; acquired by the Navy on loan-charter basis on 28 January 1944; converted by the Norfolk Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co ...