USS Gwinnett
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USS Gwinnett (AK-185/AG-92/AVS-5) was originally an Alamosa-class cargo ship acquired by the U.S. Navy shortly before the end of World War II and converted into a Gwinnett-class aviation stores issue ship. She was found to be excess-to-needs and was placed into reserve in 1946.
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Name | Gwinnett |
Namesake | Gwinnett County, Georgia |
Ordered | as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2116[1] |
Builder | Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc., Superior, Wisconsin |
Yard number | 34[1] |
Laid down | 21 December 1943 |
Launched | 14 May 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Oliva Dionne |
Acquired | 13 March 1945 |
Commissioned | 10 April 1945 |
Decommissioned | 11 February 1946 |
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Refit | prior to 13 March 1945, converted to Gwinnett-class Aviation Stores Issue Ship |
Stricken | 26 February 1946 |
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Fate | Sold, 14 August 1947 |
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Republic of France | |
Name | Sainte Helene |
Acquired | 14 August 1947 |
Fate | Scrapped 1970 |
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Type | C1-M-AV1 |
Tonnage | 5,010 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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