USS Warrick (AKA-89) was an Andromeda-class attack cargo ship named after Warrick County, Indiana. She served as a commissioned ship for 18 years and 8 months. Warrick — originally named Black Prince — was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1189) on 7 April 1944 at Oakland, California, by the Moore Dry Dock Co., launched on 29 May 1944, sponsored by Mrs. C. Wells Maren, and acquired and simultaneously commissioned by the Navy on 30 August 1944, at the Moore Dry Dock Company's west yard, Lt. Comdr. Ernest J. Grey, USNR, in command.
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