USS Cheleb (AK 138)

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The USS Cheleb (AK-138) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the United States Navy in World War II. It was the only ship of the Navy to have borne this name. It is named after Cheleb, a star in the northern hemisphere constellation of Ophiuchus. Cheleb was laid down 29 December 1943 as liberty ship SS Lyman J. Gage (MCE hull 520) by Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California, under a Maritime Commission contract; launched 29 January 1943; sponsored by Mrs. E. E. Carter; and commissioned 1 January 1944, Lieutenant A. E. McKimmey, USNR, in command. Cheleb cleared San Francisco 20 January 1944 for Pearl Harbor, where she loaded ammunition and explosives for transportation to newly won Kwajalein, which she reached 19 February.

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