 USS Camel (IX-113)

USS "Camel" (IX-133), an "Armadillo"-class tanker, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the camel, a ruminant found in Asia and Africa.She was launched 31 October 1943 as "William H. Carruth" by California Shipbuilding Corporation, in Wilmington, California, under a Maritime Commission contract sponsored by Mrs. J.