USS Chicot

History
United States
Name	Chicot
Namesake	Chicot County, Arkansas
Ordered	as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2143
Builder	Froemming Brothers, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Yard number	15
Laid down	1944
Launched	16 July 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. F. Marasco
Acquired	13 March 1945
Commissioned	4 April 1945
Decommissioned	18 July 1946
Acquired	14 May 1947
Recommissioned	23 June 1947
Decommissioned	24 July 1951
Stricken	2 August 1946; 18 January 1952;
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-170; Code letters: NEGZ; ;
Fate	Sold, 19 September 1960
History
Panama
Name	San Luis
Owner	James and Guerrero Co., Inc., Agana, Guam
Acquired	19 September 1960
Fate	Sold for scrapping in Panama in 1972
General characteristics
Class and type	Alamosa-class cargo ship
Type	C1-M-AV1
Tonnage	5,032 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Displacement	2,382 long tons (2,420 t) (standard); 7,450 long tons (7,570 t) (full load);
Length	388 ft 8 in (118.47 m)
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	21 ft 1 in (6.43 m)
Installed power	1 × Nordberg, TSM 6 diesel engine ; 1,750 shp (1,300 kW);
Propulsion	1 × propeller
Speed	11.5 kn (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity	3,945 t (3,883 long tons) DWT; 9,830 cu ft (278 m3) (refrigerated); 227,730 cu ft (6,449 m3) (non-refrigerated);
Complement	15 Officers; 70 Enlisted;
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber dual purpose gun (DP); 6 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons;

USS Chicot (AK-170) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship commissioned by the US Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone.

Construction

Chicot was launched 16 July 1944, by Froemming Brothers, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, under a Maritime Commission contract, MC hull 2143; sponsored by Mrs. F. Marasco; acquired by the Navy 13 March 1945; and commissioned 4 April 1945.^[3]

Service history

World War II Pacific Theatre operations

Chicot sailed from Gulfport, Mississippi, 10 May 1945 for Honolulu, where she discharged cargo then voyaged to San Francisco, California, returning to Pearl Harbor with another load of cargo 24 July. She put out of Pearl Harbor 30 July with cargo for Eniwetok, and until 10 March 1946, remained in the western Pacific, carrying cargo between Eniwetok, Ulithi, Tacloban, Saipan, Okinawa, Guam, Manus, Samar, and Subic Bay. She departed Guam 10 March for the west coast, and on 18 July 1946 was decommissioned at Seattle, Washington, and returned to the Maritime Commission the next day.^[3]

Post-war reactivation

Chicot was reacquired 14 May 1947, and after repair, recommissioned 23 June 1947. She departed Seattle 18 July for Pearl Harbor. From 19 November, when she sailed from Guam and Pearl Harbor, Chicot carried cargo between the islands of the western Pacific, calling at Saipan, Truk, Ponape, Manus, and Kusaie. After local operations at Hawaii, she made a voyage to Guam and Saipan early in 1949, and returned to San Francisco 15 March.^[3]

Chicot cleared San Pedro 27 April 1949 for cargo duty in the islands of the western Pacific, to Pearl Harbor and to Japan. Guam was her base until 24 July 1951, when she was decommissioned there and transferred to the Department of the Interior.^[3]

Merchant service

Chicot was sold 19 September 1960, to shipper James and Guerrero Company, Inc., of Agana, Guam. She was renamed San Luis and reflagged for Panama.^[2]

Notes

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c C1 Cargo Ships 2009.
^ ^a ^b Navsource 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d DANFS.

Bibliography

Online resources

"Chicot". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 15 November 2016. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
"C1 Cargo Ships". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
"USS Chicot (AK-170)". Navsource.org. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2016.

External links

Photo gallery of USS Chicot (AK-170) at NavSource Naval History

[FOOTNOTEC1_Cargo_Ships2009-1] C1 Cargo Ships 2009.

[FOOTNOTENavsource2015-2] Navsource 2015.

[FOOTNOTEDANFS-3] DANFS.

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