High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Delta was built in 1941 as the Hawaiian Packer by Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia; acquired by the Navy 4 June 1941; and commissioned as USS Delta (AK-29) 16 June 1941, Commander C. D. Headee in command. From 8 July 1941 to May 1942 Delta carried cargo from east coast ports to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Puerto Rico; Bermuda; Argentina; Newfoundland, Halifax, and Nova Scotia, Canada; and Reykjavik, Iceland. On 1 July 1942, Delta was reclassified as AR-9, and was placed in reserve commission for conversion to a fleet repair ship by Cramp Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Delta sailed from Philadelphia 3 March 1943, and between March and June repaired amphibious ships and craft at Oran, Algeria. She served similarly at Bizerte, Tunisia, from June to March 1944, then at Palermo, Italy, and on 8 July sailed for Pozzuouli, Italy, to prepare landing craft for their return to the United States. Her final Mediterranean duty, from November to April 1945, was to tend destroyers at Oran.

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