 USS Elk (IX-115)

USS "Elk" (IX-115), an "Armadillo"-class tanker designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the elk, a large deer of the northern forests of Europe, Asia, and North America.Her keel was laid down by California Shipbuilding Corporation, in Wilmington, California, as "William Winter" for the Maritime Commission.