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USS Taurus (AF-25)
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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. USS Taurus
(AF-25) was a stores ship acquired by the U.S. Navy for service in World
War II. She was responsible for delivering necessary goods and equipment
to ships and stations in the war zone. SS San Benito - a cargo steamer
constructed in 1921 at Belfast, Northern Ireland, by the Workman Clark
Co., Ltd. - was renamed Taurus and designated AF-25 on 20 August 1942;
was acquired by the Navy on 2 October 1942 through the War Shipping
Administration from the Balboa Shipping Co., Inc., a subsidiary of the
United Fruit Co.; was converted to a provision store ship by the
Bethlehem Steel Corp. yard in Alameda, California; and was commissioned
on 28 October 1942, Lt. Comdr. Edward T. Collins in command. |
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