The U.S. Navy cargo ship USS Serpens (AK-97). The USS Serpens, a cargo ship manned by a Coast Guard crew, was lost as the result of enemy action, somewhere in the South Pacific. The Serpens served as a provision ship for American forces in the New Zea
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