USS Veritas (AKA-50) was an Artemis-class attack cargo ship built for the United States Navy, serving a brief period from 1945 to 1946. She was constructed under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1911) by Walsh-Kaiser Co., Inc., in Providence, Rhode Island. The vessel was laid down on 26 April 1945 and launched on 16 June 1945, with Mrs. Fred B. Smith serving as her sponsor. She was officially commissioned on 19 July 1945. Designed as an attack cargo ship, USS Veritas was equipped to carry troops, equipment, and cargo necessary for amphibious operations. Her dimensions and specific technical specifications are not detailed in the provided content, but as an Artemis-class vessel, she would have been optimized for rapid loading and unloading of cargo to support military campaigns. During her active service, Veritas primarily operated along the U.S. East Coast. Until the fall of 1945, she conducted cargo runs ranging from Boston in the north to Hampton Roads, Virginia, in the south. Notably, from 22 to 26 October 1945, she loaded cargo at Norfolk before heading to Bermuda, marking her only deployment away from the eastern seaboard during her brief career. After returning to Norfolk, she continued cargo operations, including trips to Baltimore, Bayonne, N.J., and New York City in early 1946. USS Veritas was decommissioned relatively quickly, on 21 February 1946, shortly after the end of World War II hostilities. She was struck from the Navy list on 12 April 1946 and transferred to the Maritime Commission on 29 June 1946. The vessel was ultimately scrapped in 1967. Although her service was brief, USS Veritas contributed to post-war logistics and cargo movement, embodying the rapid wartime shipbuilding effort and subsequent drawdown of naval assets.

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