USS Betelgeuse (AKA-11)
USS ''Betelgeuse'' (AK-28/AKA-11) was an , the first United States Navy ship named for Betelgeuse, a star in the constellation Orion (constellation), Orion. She served as a commissioned ship for 4 years and 9 months. History Acquisition ''Betelgeuse'' was laid down as a C-2D on 9 March 1939 at Chester, Pennsylvania, by the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Hull 180 under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 31); Ship naming and launching, launched as ''Mormaclark'' on 18 September 1939; sponsored by Miss Anne Perry Woodward; delivered to the Moore McCormack Lines, Inc., on 29 November 1939; acquired by the Navy on 29 May 1941; renamed ''Betelgeuse'' on 3 June 1941; converted for naval service by the Brewer Dry Dock Company, Staten Island, N.Y.; and ship commissioning, commissioned as AK-28 on 14 June. From her commissioning nearly through the fall of 1941, the cargo ship operated in the Atlantic conducting amphibious maneuvers off North Carolina in June and July, performing ...
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