USS Uranus

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|Ship name=*''Helga'' (1933–1938) * ''Caravelle'' (1938–1940) * ''Maria'' (1940–1941) * ''Uranus'' (1941–1946) * ''Maria Dan'' (1946–1959) * ''Michael'' (1959–1968) |Ship namesake= |Ship owner=*J. Lauritzen A/S (1933–1941) * U.S. Maritime Commission (1941–1946) * J. Lauritzen A/S (1946–1959) * Chrisot M. Sarlis (1959–1968) |Ship operator=*J. Lauritzen A/S (1933–1941) * U.S. Navy (bareboat charter from War Shipping Administration) (1941–1946) * J. Lauritzen A/S (1946–1959) * Chrisot M. Sarlis (1959–1968) |Ship registry= |Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=Helsingør Jernskibs og Maskinbyggeri |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=21 December 1932 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired=by Navy 11 August 1941 |Ship commissioned=*''Uranus'' (AF-14) 27 October 1941 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned=by navy 8 May 1946, returned to owner 16 May 1946 |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck=by Navy 21 May 1946 |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honors= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Scrapped 1968, Sveti Kajo, Croatia |Ship notes=Ship in commercial and naval service 1933–1968. |Ship badge= }} , |Ship displacement=3,348 t.(fl) |Ship length= |Ship beam= |Ship draft= |Ship depth= |Ship hold depth= |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=Reciprocating steam engine, single propeller |Ship speed= |Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship boats= |Ship capacity= (Bale) |Ship troops= |Ship complement=(Navy) 93 |Ship crew= |Ship time to activate= |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=* 2 × single DP gun mounts * 6 × single 20 mm AA gun mounts |Ship armor= |Ship aircraft= |Ship aircraft facilities= |Ship notes= }} |} '''USS ''Uranus'' (AF-14) was a bareboat chartered to the U.S. Navy by the War Shipping Administration for use in World War II. The ship was one of the Danish vessels idled in U.S. ports seized by the United States after the occupation of Denmark by German forces. The ship was the Danish J. Lauritzen A/S line vessel ''Maria'', ex ''Caravelle'', ex ''Helga''''' until chartered to the Navy and commissioned on 11 August 1941 under the name ''Uranus''.

''Uranus'' served in both the North Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, delivering food, including refrigerated items, to ships operating in the battle areas.

The ship was returned to Denmark and later, under new Danish naming rules, named ''Maria Dan'' until sold to Greece to be renamed ''Michael'' in 1959. The ship was scrapped in 1968. Provided by Wikipedia