USN · AK
Bellatrix
Photos and infoCargo ship, AK-20. In Transport Division A with Fuller and American Legion, off Beach Red on 7 August 1942. Reclassified AKA-3 on 1 February 1943. Decommissioned 1 April 1946.
| Type | Cargo ship (AK) |
|---|---|
| Hull | AK-20 |
| Builder | Tampa Shipbuilding |
| Launched | 1941-08-15 |
| Commissioned | 1942-02-17 |
| Fate | Afloat. Cargo ship, name ship of her class. Reclassified AKA-3 on 1 February 1943. Decommissioned 1 April 1946. Recommissioned 16 May 1952. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
USS Bellatrix (AK-20) off Tampa, Florida, circa March 1942, in Measure 12 (Modified). U.S. Navy photograph 19-N-28450. Public domain.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi
1942-08-07 · cargo ship, Transport Division A, off Beach Red
