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U.S.S. ALHENA
(AKA-9)THE MIGHTY K-9
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AKA-9 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| JUN | 1940 | - | Keel Date: 19 JUN 1940 at Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard MD | ||
| JAN | 1941 | - | Launch Date: 18 JAN 1941 | ||
| JUN | 1941 | - | Commissioned: 15 JUN 1941 | ||
| JAN | 1944 | - | DEC | 1945 | Middle Pacific |
| MAY | 1946 | - | Decommissioned: 22 MAY 1946 | ||
AKA-9 General Specifications
Named for: Alhena
Complement: 446 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 15080 tons
Length: 479 feet 8 inches
Beam: 66 feet
Draft: 27 feet 1 in
Final Disposition: Sold into merchant service October 1947Scrapped 1971