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USS Saturn (AK-49) was a German cargo ship, built in 1939 as ES Arauca. ("ES" stands for "Electroschiff", meaning German: electric ship.) In 1941 before the US entered World War II, US authorities seized her and started converting her into a United States Navy stores ship. She was the sole ship of the US Navy's Saturn class. She was laid up in 1946 and scrapped in 1972. Arauca was built for trade between Germany and the Caribbean, and was named accordingly. Arauca is a border town in eastern Colombia on the frontier with Venezuela.

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  • USS Saturn (AK-49) was a German cargo ship, built in 1939 as ES Arauca. ("ES" stands for "Electroschiff", meaning German: electric ship.) In 1941 before the US entered World War II, US authorities seized her and started converting her into a United States Navy stores ship. She was the sole ship of the US Navy's Saturn class. She was laid up in 1946 and scrapped in 1972. Arauca was built for trade between Germany and the Caribbean, and was named accordingly. Arauca is a border town in eastern Colombia on the frontier with Venezuela. (en)
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  • 1942-04-20 (xsd:date)
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  • 1939-12-19 (xsd:date)
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  • 1946-07-23 (xsd:date)
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  • Interned in the United States; later requisitioned by the Navy, 20 April 1942
  • Sold for scrap, 12 September 1972
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  • 1942-04-20 (xsd:date)
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  • *As USS Saturn: *1942: *1 × 5"/51 caliber gun; 2 × 3"/50 caliber guns; 4 × 20mm guns *1943: *1 × 5"/38 caliber gun; 2 × 3"/50 caliber guns; 8 × 20mm guns *1944: *1 × 5"/38 caliber gun; 2 × 3"/50 caliber guns; 2 × Bofors 40mm autocannon; 4 × 20mm guns (en)
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  • 1939 (xsd:integer)
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  • 1946-07-23 (xsd:date)
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  • *5,088 tons light; *9,760 maximum load (en)
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  • 0001-09-12 (xsd:gMonthDay)
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  • *Call sign DKBG * (en)
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  • August 1939 (en)
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  • *SS Sting *USS Saturn *SS Saturn (en)
  • ES Arauca (en)
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  • Arauca, Colombia (en)
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  • *sister ships: *Antilla, Orizaba (en)
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  • Hamburg America Line (en)
  • *South Atlantic Steamship Company *United States Navy (en)
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  • USS Saturn (AK-49) was a German cargo ship, built in 1939 as ES Arauca. ("ES" stands for "Electroschiff", meaning German: electric ship.) In 1941 before the US entered World War II, US authorities seized her and started converting her into a United States Navy stores ship. She was the sole ship of the US Navy's Saturn class. She was laid up in 1946 and scrapped in 1972. Arauca was built for trade between Germany and the Caribbean, and was named accordingly. Arauca is a border town in eastern Colombia on the frontier with Venezuela. (en)
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  • ES Arauca (en)
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