La Scie, Newfoundland
Re-Supply Ship Photographs

Enceladus Class Cargo Ship: Originally planned as "Moses Pike", Maritime Commission hull no. 650, (standard type N3-M-A1); Renamed "Sagitta", 30 October 1942; Acquired from the Maritime Commission by the US Navy, 1 January 1943; Laid down, 24 January 1944, under a Navy contract, at Penn Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ; Launched, 9 July 1944; Delivered to the Navy, 18 July 1944, and transferred to the US Army Transportation Service the same day; Struck from the Naval Register, 13 September 1944; Transferred to MSTS, 26 April 1952; Placed In-service as "USNS Sagitta" (T-AK-87); Placed Out-of-service, 1959; Transferred to the Maritime Administration, 23 February 1960 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the Army, 12 April 1966; Final disposition, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,677 t. (lt), 5,202 t.(fl); Length 269' 10"; Beam 42' 6"; Draft 20' 9"; Speed 10kts; Complement 83, Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount; Propulsion, diesel, single shaft, 1,300shp.