AK-88 was originally authorized under
Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 651) and assigned the name
MV Symmes Potter. The name
Tucana was assigned to her by the Navy on 30 October 1942; and, on 1 January 1943, her contract was transferred from the
Maritime Commission to the supervision of the Navy;
AK-88 to become an
Enceladus-class cargo ship. The ship was laid down on 24 April 1944 at
Camden, New Jersey, by the
Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Corp.; launched on 13 September 1944; and sponsored by Mrs. Patrick J. Cushing. On that same day, she was reassigned and delivered to the Army, and her name was struck from the
Navy list. == Footnotes ==