>From the "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships," 

(1969) Vol. 4, pp.160-161.





LUCIDOR





	A minor planet.





AF-45

Displacement:  3,139 t.

Length:  338'6"

Beam:  50'

Draft:  21'1"

Speed:  11.5 k.

Complement:  83

Armament:  1 3"; 6 20mm

Class:  ADRIA

Maritime Commission Standard Type:  R1-M-AV3





	LUCIDOR (AF-45) was laid down under a Maritime 

Commission contract by Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc., 

Beaumont, Tex., 1 December 1944; launched 25 January 1945; 

sponsored by Mrs. J. Y. Powell; acquired by the Navy 16 June 

1945; and commissioned 6 July 1945 at Galveston, Lt. E. L. 

LaVoy in command.



	After shakedown, LUCIDOR loaded cargo at Mobile, Ala., 

and steamed for Pearl Harbor, arriving there 1 September.  

Loaded with fleet provisions, the storeship sailed for the 

Marshall Islands, arriving Eniwetok 26 September.  



	From October 1945 to April 1946, LUCIDOR made supply 

runs to bases scattered throughout the western and central 

Pacific.  She also operated in the Far East, transporting 

dry and refrigerated cargo to Japan and Tsingtao, China.  

LUCIDOR returned San Francisco 10 May 1946 and 

decommissioned there on the 26th.  She was returned to the 

War Shipping Administration the same day and entered the 

National Defense Reserve Fleet.  At present (1969) she is 

berthed in Puget Sound at Olympia, Wash.





Transcribed by Michael Hansen

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