USS Lancaster (AK-193)
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United States | |
Name |
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Namesake | Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
Ordered | as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2124[1] |
Builder | Walter Butler Shipbuilders Inc., Superior, Wisconsin |
Yard number | 42[1] |
Laid down | 1 July 1944 |
Launched | 15 December 1944 |
Acquired | 21 September 1945 |
Commissioned | 21 September 1945 |
Decommissioned | 23 November 1945 |
Stricken | date unknown |
Identification |
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Fate | Returned to Maritime Commission, 23 November 1945 |
United States | |
Name | Coastal Ringleader |
Owner | Maritime Commission |
Operator |
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Acquired | 23 November 1945 |
In service | 23 November 1945 |
Out of service | 25 May 1948 |
Fate | Sold, 13 July 1956 |
Brazil | |
Name | Coastal Ringleader |
Operator | Companhia Nacional de Navegacao Costerira, Patrimonio Nacional |
Acquired | 13 July 1956 |
In service | 2 October 1956 |
Fate | Hulked 1975, deleted 1992 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Alamosa-class cargo ship |
Type | C1-M-AV1 |
Tonnage | 5,032 long tons deadweight (DWT)[1] |
Displacement |
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Length | 388 ft 8 in (118.47 m) |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft | 21 ft 1 in (6.43 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 1 × propeller |
Speed | 11.5 kn (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
Capacity |
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Complement |
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Armament |
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USS Lancaster (AK-193) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed by the US Navy during the closing period of World War II. She was declared excess-to-needs and returned to the US Maritime Commission shortly after commissioning.
Construction
[edit]The fourth ship to be so named by the Navy, Lancaster was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract, MC hull 2124, 1 July 1944, by Walter Butler Shipbuilding Inc., Superior, Wisconsin; launched the same year; acquired by the Navy 21 September 1945; and commissioned the same day.[3]
Post-war decommissioning
[edit]The end of World War II reduced the need for cargo ships, and Lancaster decommissioned 23 November 1945, she was returned to the War Shipping Administration the same day with her name reverting to Coastal Ringleader.[3]
Merchant service
[edit]Coastal Ringleader was used by several shipping companies from 1945–1948, when she was placed in the reserve fleet.[2]
On 13 July 1956, she was sold to Companhia Nacional de Navegacao Costerira, Patrimonio Nacional, of Brazil, for $693,682, under the condition that she be used for coastal shipping. She was delivered on 2 October 1956.[4]
Notes
[edit]- Citations
- ^ a b c C1 Cargo Ships 2009.
- ^ a b DANFS 2015.
- ^ MARAD.
Bibliography
[edit]Online resources
- "Lancaster III (AK-193)". 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 19 November 2016.
- "USS Lancaster (AK-193)". Navsource.org. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- "Coastal Ringleader". United States Department of Transportation. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
External links
[edit]- Photo gallery of USS Lancaster (AK-193) at NavSource Naval History