USS Adhara

	USS Adhara (AK-71) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, 20 August 1943
History
United States
Name	G. H. Corliss
Namesake	George Henry Corliss
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	J.H. Winchester & Co., Inc.
Ordered	as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 425
Builder	Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California
Cost	$1,142,406
Yard number	425
Way number	8
Laid down	16 September 1942
Launched	27 October 1942
Sponsored by	Ginny Sims
Identification	Call sign: KHUT; ;
Fate	Transferred to US Navy, 6 November 1942
United States
Name	Adhara
Namesake	The star Adhara
Acquired	6 November 1942
Commissioned	16 November 1942
Decommissioned	7 December 1945
Stricken	3 January 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-71; Code letters: NXUS; ;
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 26 October 1971
Notes	Name reverted to G. H. Corliss when laid up in Reserve Fleet
General characteristics
Class & type	Crater-class cargo ship
Type	Type EC2-S-C1
Displacement	4,023 long tons (4,088 t) (standard); 14,550 long tons (14,780 t) (full load);
Length	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam	56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft	28 ft 4 in (8.64 m)
Installed power	2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa) , (manufactured by Babcock & Wilcox); 2,500 shp (1,900 kW);
Propulsion	1 × Vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine, (manufactured by Willamette Shipbuilding); 1 × screw propeller;
Speed	12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Capacity	7,800 t (7,700 long tons) DWT; 444,206 cu ft (12,578.5 m3) (non-refrigerated);
Complement	205
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual-purpose (DP) gun; 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber DP gun; 2 × 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts; 6 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannon AA gun mounts;

USS Adhara (AK-71) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the US Navy in the Pacific theater in World War II. Named after the star Adhara in the constellation Canis Major, it was the only ship of the Navy to bear this name.

History
USS Adhara (AK-71) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, 20 August 1943
United States
Name	G. H. Corliss
Namesake	George Henry Corliss
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	J.H. Winchester & Co., Inc.
Ordered	as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 425
Builder	Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California
Cost	$1,142,406
Yard number	425
Way number	8
Laid down	16 September 1942
Launched	27 October 1942
Sponsored by	Ginny Sims
Identification	Call sign: KHUT
Fate	Transferred to US Navy, 6 November 1942
United States
Name	Adhara
Namesake	The star Adhara
Acquired	6 November 1942
Commissioned	16 November 1942
Decommissioned	7 December 1945
Stricken	3 January 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-71 Code letters: NXUS
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 26 October 1971
Notes	Name reverted to G. H. Corliss when laid up in Reserve Fleet
General characteristics
Class & type	Crater-class cargo ship
Type	Type EC2-S-C1
Displacement	4,023 long tons (4,088 t) (standard) 14,550 long tons (14,780 t) (full load)
Length	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam	56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft	28 ft 4 in (8.64 m)
Installed power	2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa) , (manufactured by Babcock & Wilcox) 2,500 shp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine, (manufactured by Willamette Shipbuilding) 1 × screw propeller
Speed	12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Capacity	7,800 t (7,700 long tons) DWT 444,206 cu ft (12,578.5 m³) (non-refrigerated)
Complement	205
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual-purpose (DP) gun 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber DP gun 2 × 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts 6 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannon AA gun mounts