USS Serpens (AK-97)
 USS Serpens (AK-97) was a United States Coast Guard-manned Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the United States Navy in World War II. It was the first ship of the Navy to have this name. It is named after Serpens a constellation in the northern hemisphere.Serpens was laid down on 10 March 1943 as the liberty ship SS Benjamin N.