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Cargo ship of the United States Navy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
History | |
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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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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]
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]
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]
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