USS Fomalhaut (AK-22/AKA-5/AE-20) was a Fomalhaut class attack cargo ship named after Fomalhaut,[citation needed] a star in the southern constellation Piscis Austrinus. She served as a commissioned ship for 4 years and 3 months. The ship was launched 25 January 1941 by Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc., Beaumont, Tex., as Cape Lookout, a Type C1 ship cargo ship. It was acquired by the Navy 16 May 1941 and commissioned 2 March 1942. She was reclassified 'AKA-5 in February 1943, but reclassified AK-22 in August 1944 and reclassified AE-20 in December 1948.