USS Chicot
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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.
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United States | |
Name | Chicot |
Namesake | Chicot County, Arkansas |
Ordered | as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2143[1] |
Builder | Froemming Brothers, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Yard number | 15[1] |
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 |
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Fate | Sold, 19 September 1960 |
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Panama | |
Name | San Luis |
Owner | James and Guerrero Co., Inc., Agana, Guam |
Acquired | 19 September 1960 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping in Panama in 1972 |
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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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