USS Betelgeuse (AK-28) was a cargo ship of the United States Navy. The hull that carried the number AK-28 was later designated AKA-11.
On 7 August 1942 she took part in the landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi. She was there as a cargo ship of Transport Division C, lying off Beach Red.
Hunter Liggett, Alchiba, and Fomalhaut were with her in Transport Division C. On that day the ships of the division named with Betelgeuse lay off Beach Red.
Harry D. Power was in command of Betelgeuse on 7 August 1942. He commanded her while she lay off Beach Red with Transport Division C for the landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi. Betelgeuse survived. The cargo ship that had been AK-28 was the same hull later known as AKA-11.