USS Pitkin
Cargo ship of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Pitkin (AK-204) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the US Navy during the closing period of World War II. By the time she was scheduled for commissioning, the war's end caused her to be declared “excess to needs” and she was returned to the US Government and struck by the Navy.
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Namesake | Pitkin County, Colorado |
Ordered | as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2158[1] |
Builder | Globe Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin |
Yard number | 125[1] |
Laid down | date unknown |
Launched | date unknown |
Completed | 20 November 1945 |
Acquired | May 1945 |
Commissioned | returned to the US Maritime Commission (MARCOM) prior to commissioning |
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Fate | Returned to MARCOM, 20 November 1945 |
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Name | Coastal Observer |
Owner | MARCOM |
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Acquired | 20 November 1945 |
In service | 20 November 1945 |
Out of service | 11 July 1949 |
Fate | Sold, 13 July 1956 |
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Name | Rio Mossoró |
Operator | Companhia Nacional de Navegacao Costerira, Patrimonio Nacional |
Acquired | 13 July 1956 |
In service | 15 February 1957 |
Renamed | Guararapes in 1971 |
Fate | Broken up at Recife in 1984 |
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Class and type | Alamosa-class cargo ship |
Type | C1-M-AV1 |
Tonnage | 5,032 long tons deadweight (DWT)[1] |
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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) |
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Propulsion | 1 × propeller |
Speed | 11.5 kn (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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