abstract
| - USS Arided (AK-73), a Crater-class cargo ship, is the only ship of the United States Navy to have this name. She was named after Arided, the other name of Deneb, the alpha star of constellation Cygnus. Arided was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract as liberty ship SS Noah H. Swayne (MCE hull 500) on 20 September 1942 at Richmond, California, by the Permanente Metals Corporation; launched on 28 October 1942; sponsored by Mrs. D. W. Fernhout; renamed Arided and designated AK-73 on 30 October 1942; acquired by the Navy on 12 November 1942; converted for naval service by the Matspn Maintenance Co., San Francisco, California; and placed in commission at San Francisco on 23 November 1942, Lt. Comdr. John B. Elaine in command.
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