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{{short description|Cargo ship of the United States Navy}}

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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag={{USN flag|1945}}
|Ship name=*''Harry Toulmin''
*''Seginus''
|Ship namesake=*[[Harry Toulmin (Unitarian minister)|Harry Toulmin]]
*The star system [[Seginus]]
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|Ship ordered=as a type (EC2-S-C1) hull, [[Maritime Commission|MCE]] hull 2453, SS ''Harry Toulmin''
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|Ship laid down=10 January 1944
|Ship launched=4 March 1944
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|Ship acquired=12 April 1944
|Ship commissioned=14 June 1944
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|Ship fate=Sold, 28 February 1947 for commercial service to the Epiphianides Shipping Co. of Greece, re-flagged Greek and renamed SS ''Kehrea''. Scrapped at Shanghai in October 1967
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*1 × [[3-inch/50-caliber gun|{{convert|3|in|adj=on}}/50]]-caliber dual-purpose gun
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'''USS ''Seginus'' (AK-133)''' was a {{sclass|Crater|cargo ship}} commissioned by the [[U.S. Navy]] for service in [[World War II]]. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone.

==Built in New Orleans, Louisiana==

''Seginus'' (AK-133), built under [[Maritime Commission]] contract (MCE hull 2453), was laid down as SS ''Harry Toulmin'' on 10 January 1944 by the [[Emergency Shipbuilding program#Shipyards in the program|Delta Shipbuilding Co.]], Inc., [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]; launched as ''Seginus'' on 4 March 1944; sponsored by Mrs. J. Lester White; acquired by the Navy on a [[bareboat charter]] on 12 April 1944; converted at the Waterman SS Co., repair yard, [[Mobile, Alabama]]; and commissioned on 14 June 1944.

== World War II Pacific Theatre operations ==

Following [[shakedown cruise|shakedown]] in [[Chesapeake Bay]], ''Seginus'' proceeded to [[Hawaii]] with general cargo and foodstuffs for [[Pearl Harbor]]. Arriving on 29 August 1944, she took on armor plate from the [[battleship]] {{USS|Oklahoma|BB-37}}, carried it to [[Bremerton, Washington]]; then loaded lumber and small craft and took a [[barge]] in tow for the return voyage to Pearl Harbor. She arrived in mid-October and, for the remainder of World War II, continued to shuttle cargo between the [[U.S. West Coast]] and Hawaii with only two interruptions: two runs to the [[Marshall Islands|Marshalls]] and [[Mariana Islands|Marianas]] in April and in June and July 1945.

== Post-war inactivation and decommissioning ==

Ordered inactivated after the cessation of hostilities, she arrived at [[San Francisco]], California, on 2 October and was decommissioned and returned to the Maritime Commission's [[War Shipping Administration]] on 13 November 1945. Her name was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register|Navy List]] on 28 November 1945. She was sold for commercial service to the Epiphianides Shipping Co of [[Greece]], delivered 7 February 1947, and re-flagged Greek and renamed {{SS|Kehrea}}. Final Disposition, SS ''Kehrea'' was scrapped at [[Shanghai]] in October 1967.

== Military awards and honors ==
No battle stars are indicated for ''Seginus'' in current Navy records. However, her crew was eligible for the following medals:
* American Campaign Medal
* Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
* World War II Victory Medal

==References==
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* {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/s/seginus.html}}

==External links==
* {{navsource|09/13/130133|Seginus}}
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[[Category:Crater-class cargo ships]]
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