About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: USS Venus, USS Ascella, USS Zaurak, USS Albireo, USS Livingston, USS Alkes, USS Azimech, USS Bootes, USS Menkar, USS Rutilicus, USS Shaula, USS Murzim, USS Mintaka, USS Ara, USS Allioth, USS Matar, USS Phobos, USS Megrez, USS Serpens, USS Grumium, USS Pavo, USS Triangulum, USS Allegan, USS Rotanin, USS Sculptor, USS Hyperion, USS Lesuth, USS Leonis, USS Alnitah, USS Naos, USS Sabik, USS Syrma, USS Alderamin, USS Eridanus, USS Cor Caroli, USS Arided, USS Carina, USS Situla, USS Alkaid, USS Kenmore, USS Ganymede, USS Cheleb, USS Arkab, USS Appanoose, USS Celeno, USS Prince Georges, USS Caelum, USS Seginus, USS Sterope, USS Giansar, USS Crux, USS Melucta, USS Lynx, USS Propus, USS Draco, USS Cetus, USS Adhara, USS Aludra, USS Etamin, USS De Grasse, USS Lyra, USS Crater, USS Cassiopeia, USS Deimos, Crater-class cargo ship. Excerpt: The 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. SS William Williams was laid down on 5 July 1942 under a Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 263) by Permanente Metals Corporation, Yard No. 2, Richmond, California; launched on 21 August; sponsored by Mrs. Paul S. Marrin; was delivered to her owners, the Isthmian Steamship Lines, on 8 September; and operated in the Pacific for the remainder of 1942 and into 1943. The ship was commanded by Captain William Robinson Freeman Sr. up until the time she was torpedoed. On 2 May 1943, while near Suva, Fiji Islands, William Williams was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-19, commanded by Lt. Takaichi Kinashi who, ...
