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USS Venus (AK-135) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the United States Navy in World War II. Originally liberty ship SS William Williams, named after William Williams, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, it was taken over by the Navy after being damaged in a torpedo attack and renamed after the planet Venus. It was the only ship of the Navy to bear this name.

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  • USS Venus (AK-135) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the United States Navy in World War II. Originally liberty ship SS William Williams, named after William Williams, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, it was taken over by the Navy after being damaged in a torpedo attack and renamed after the planet Venus. It was the only ship of the Navy to bear this name. (en)
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  • 1943-11-06 (xsd:date)
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  • 1942-09-08 (xsd:date)
  • 1943-12-04 (xsd:date)
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  • 1943-11-10 (xsd:date)
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  • 1943-12-04 (xsd:date)
  • 1946-04-18 (xsd:date)
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  • 1942-07-05 (xsd:date)
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  • 1944-09-26 (xsd:date)
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  • 1942-08-21 (xsd:date)
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  • Sold for scrapping, 18 April 1961
  • transferred to theUS Navy, 6 November 1943
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  • title (en)
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  • 1943-11-06 (xsd:date)
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  • *1 × /38 caliber dual purpose gun *1 × /50 caliber dual purpose gun *2 × Bofors anti-aircraft gun mounts *8 × Oerlikon cannons AA mounts (en)
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dbp:shipCommissioned
  • 1943-11-10 (xsd:date)
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  • 240 (xsd:integer)
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  • United States (en)
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  • 0001-12-04 (xsd:gMonthDay)
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  • 0001-04-18 (xsd:gMonthDay)
  • 0001-11-06 (xsd:gMonthDay)
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  • 1 (xsd:integer)
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  • *Hull symbol: AK-135 *Code letters: NHCX * (en)
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  • 1942-09-08 (xsd:date)
  • 1943-12-04 (xsd:date)
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  • 1942-07-05 (xsd:date)
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  • 1942-08-21 (xsd:date)
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  • Venus (en)
  • William Williams (en)
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  • Isthmian Steamship Company (en)
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  • as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 263 (en)
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  • *1 × American Ship Building Company triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine *1 × shaft (en)
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  • 1944-09-26 (xsd:date)
dbp:shipSponsor
  • Mrs. Paul S. Marrin (en)
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  • 1948-02-19 (xsd:date)
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  • 5 (xsd:integer)
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  • USS Venus (AK-135) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the United States Navy in World War II. Originally liberty ship SS William Williams, named after William Williams, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, it was taken over by the Navy after being damaged in a torpedo attack and renamed after the planet Venus. It was the only ship of the Navy to bear this name. (en)
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  • USS Venus (AK-135) (en)
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  • Venus (en)
  • William Williams (en)
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