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{| border="1" align="right" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="margin: 0 0 1em 0.5em"
|align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:USSAlmaack.jpg|300px]] USS ''Almaack'' (AKA-10)
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!colspan="2" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| History
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|Laid down:
| [[14 March]] [[1940]]
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|Launched:
| [[21 September]] [[1940]]
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|Commissioned:
| [[15 June]] [[1941]]
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|Decommissioned:
| [[23 May]] [[1946]]
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|Struck:
| [[15 August]] [[1946]]
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|Fate:
| Unknown
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!colspan="2" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| General Characteristics
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|Hull type:
| Unknown
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|Displacement:
| 8,600 tons, loaded
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|Length:
| 473 ft 1 in
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|Beam:
| 66 ft
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|Draft:
| 28 ft 5 in
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|Speed:
| 18.6 [[knot (speed)|knots]]
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|Complement:
| 426
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|Armament:
| 1 × [[5" /38 caliber gun|5"/38 caliber dual purpose gun mount]], <br/> 8 × .50 cal machine guns
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'''USS ''Almaack'' (AKA-10)''' was an ''Almaack'' class [[attack cargo ship]] named after ''[[Gamma Andromedae|Almaack]],'' a star system in the constellation ''[[Andromeda (constellation)|Andromeda]]''. Commissioned as (AK-27), she was redesignated (AKA-10) eighteen months later. ''Almaack'' served as a commissioned ship for 4 years and 11 months, and was awarded six battle stars for her [[World War II]] service.
'''USS ''Almaack'' (AKA-10)''' was an ''Almaack'' class [[attack cargo ship]] named after ''[[Gamma Andromedae|Almaack]],'' a star system in the constellation ''[[Andromeda (constellation)|Andromeda]]''. Commissioned as (AK-27), she was redesignated (AKA-10) eighteen months later. ''Almaack'' served as a commissioned ship for 4 years and 11 months, and was awarded six battle stars for her [[World War II]] service.
==1940-1941==
Laid down as the merchant ship ''Executor'' on [[14 March]] [[1940]], under a [[Maritime Commission]] contract (MC hull 104), at Quincy, Mass., by the Fore River yard of Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched on [[21 September]] [[1940]]; sponsored by Mrs. A.R. Winnett; and delivered to her owners, the American Export Lines, on [[22 October]] [[1940]]. ''Executor'' made two voyages to India before being acquired by the Navy on [[3 June]] [[1941]] for conversion to a cargo ship. Renamed ''Almaack'' and classified as AK-27. Converted at the Tietjen and Lang Dry Dock Co., [[Hoboken, N.J.]], ''Almaack'' was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] at the Army Transport Service Base, [[Brooklyn]], on [[15 June]] [[1941]], CDR Thomas R. Cooley in command.
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