USS Kenosha (AK-190)

History
United States
Name	Kenosha
Namesake	Kenosha County, Wisconsin
Ordered	as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2121
Builder	Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc., Superior, Wisconsin
Yard number	39
Laid down	May 1944
Launched	25 August 1944
Sponsored by	Miss Marion Crowley
Acquired	1 August 1945
Commissioned	7 September 1945
Decommissioned	16 April 1946
Stricken	date unknown
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-190; Code letters: NENW; ;
Fate	Sold Norway, 4 March 1947
Norway
Name	Rio Dale (1947–1958); Torian (1958–1963); Lars Viking (1963–1965); Neptune V (1965–1967); Arabdrill 2 (1967–);
Acquired	4 March 1947
Refit	1967, converted to an offshore drilling ship
Identification	IMO number: 5406522
Fate	Scrapped 24 May 1984
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 Kenosha (AK-190) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that served the US Navy during the clean-up phase of World War II. When her service was no longer required in 1946, she was decommissioned and returned to the U.S. Maritime Commission where she was sold to the Kingdom of Norway in 1947.

Construction

Kenosha was launched 25 August 1944, by Walter Butler Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin, under a U.S. Maritime Commission contract, MC hull 2121; sponsored by Miss Marion Crowley; acquired by the Navy 1 August 1945; and commissioned 7 September 1945.^[3]

Service history

World War II-related service

After shakedown out of Galveston, Texas, Kenosha arrived Gulfport, Mississippi, 19 October to load cargo for the Mariana Islands. The cargo ship departed Gulfport 25 November, cleared the Panama Canal, and arrived Guam via Pearl Harbor 10 January 1946.^[3]

Upon discharging her cargo, she loaded cargo for the US Marines and sailed for the US East Coast, arriving Lynnhaven Roads, Virginia, 7 March.^[3]

Decommissioning

On 3 April Kenosha arrived Baltimore, Maryland, and decommissioned there 16 April 1946.^[3]

Merchant history

She was sold to Norway on 4 March 1947, for $693,862,^[4] and renamed Rio Dale. She was renamed several times between 1958 and 1967, Torian in 1959, Lars Viking in 1963, Neptune V in 1965, and finally Arabdrill 2 in 1967, when she converted to an offshore drilling ship. She was scrapped on 24 May 1984 at Gadani beach.^[5]

Honors and awards

Qualified Kenosha personnel were eligible for the following:^[2]

Notes

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c C1 Cargo Ships 2009.
^ ^a ^b Navsource 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d DANFS 2015.
^ MARAD.
^ "ARABDRILL 2 (5406522)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

Bibliography

"Kenosha (AK-190)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 19 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 Kenosha (AK-190)". Navsource.org. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
"Kenosha". United States Department of Transportation. Retrieved 19 November 2016.

External links

Photo gallery of USS Kenosha (AK-190) at NavSource Naval History

[FOOTNOTEC1_Cargo_Ships2009-1] C1 Cargo Ships 2009.

[FOOTNOTENavsource2011-2] Navsource 2011.

[FOOTNOTEDANFS2015-3] DANFS 2015.

[FOOTNOTEMARAD-4] MARAD.

[5] "ARABDRILL 2 (5406522)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

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