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USS ELECTRA

(AKA-4)

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AKA-4 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
NOV 1941 Launch Date: 18 NOV 1941
MAR 1942 Commissioned: 17 MAR 1942
OCT 1942 - APR 1943 Mediterranean-West Africa
NOV 1942 - DEC 1943 Struck by U-boat torpedo off Casablanca
JAN 1944 - JAN 1945 West Pac
MAR 1946 Decommissioned: 19 MAR 1946
MAY 1952 - MAY 1955 Recommissioned
JUL 1953 - AUG 1953 Point Barrow Alaska
JUL 1954 - SEP 1954 Pribilof Islands Bering Sea

AKA-4 General Specifications

Class: Arcturus-class attack cargo ship

Named for: Electra

Complement: 267 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 14225 tons

Length: 459 feet 1 inches

Beam: 63 feet

Flank Speed: 16 knots

Final Disposition: Sold for scrap 7 June 1974