USS SELINUR (AKA-41)
LAMBERT M. SURHONE, MARIAM T. TENNOE, SUSAN F. HENSSONOW
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USS Selinur (AKA-41) was an Artemis-class attack cargo ship named after the minor planet 500 Selinur, which in turn was named for a character in Friedrich Theodor Vischer's 1879 novel Auch Einer.
She served as a commissioned ship for 12 months.
Selinur (AKA-41) was laid down on 18 January 1945 under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1902) by the Walsh-Kaiser Co., Inc., Providence, R.I.; launched on 28 March 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Wilton Carter; and commissioned on 21 April 1945, Lt. Comdr.
W.F.
Babcock in command.
