USS Serapis (IX-213)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Serapis |
| Namesake | Serapis |
| Builder | Baltimore Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Corp., Baltimore, Maryland |
| Launched | 18 December 1920, as SS District of Columbia |
| Acquired | February 1945 |
| Commissioned | 3 August 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 19 October 1945 |
| Renamed | Serapis (IX-213), 9 March 1945 |
| Stricken | 1 November 1945 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, May 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Mobile floating storage tanker |
| Tonnage | 7,641 long tons (7,764 t) |
| Length | 450 ft (140 m) |
| Beam | 59 ft (18 m) |
| Propulsion | Single screw |
| Speed | 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) |
| Complement | 71 |
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USS Serapis (IX-213) was a single-screw tanker that served for a short time as a floating storage tanker for the United States Navy at the end of World War II.
Built in 1921 for the United States Shipping Board by Baltimore Dry Dock and Shipbuilding, Baltimore, Maryland, the ship was originally named SS District of Columbia. Allocated to the Navy by the Maritime Commission in February 1945, renamed Serapis, and designated IX-213 on 9 March 1945, she was partially converted at San Francisco and delivered to the Navy at Pearl Harbor. The ship was commissioned on 3 August 1945.