Camano-class cargo ship

The Camano class was a class of light cargo ships of the United States Navy. The fifteen ships of the class were originally built as Design 381 coastal freighters or Design 427 coastal freighters and were converted to light cargo ships during 1949 and 1950 after acquisition by the United States Navy.^[1]

USS Estero (AKL-5) at Sasebo on 28 October 1953
Class overview
Name	Camano class
Operators	United States Navy
Subclasses	None
Built	1944
General characteristics
Type	Light Cargo Ship (AKL)
Displacement	520 tons light, 935 tons full
Length	177 ft (54 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draft	10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion	2 x 500 hp (370 kW) GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	26

Ships in class

Name	Acquired	Commissioned	Fate
Camano (AKL-1)	16 July 1947	16 July 1947	Unknown
Deal (AKL-2)	2 March 1947	3 August 1947	Sold 18 December 1961
Elba (AKL-3)	14 March 1947	3 July 1947	transferred to Department of the Interior 29 January 1952
Errol (AKL-4)	3 April 1947	9 July 1947	transferred to Department of the Interior 29 January 1952
Estero (AKL-5)	March 1947	5 July 1947	struck 1 February 1960
Jekyl (AKL-6)	22 February 1947	2 May `1947	Sold 18 May 1960
Metomkin (AKL-7)	28 February 1947	16 August 1947	struck 16 January 1952
Roque (AKL-8)	21 February 1947	2 May 1947	struck 29 January 1952
Ryer (AKL-9)	22 February 1947	8 June 1947	struck 1 July 1961; scrapped
Sharps (AKL-10)	March 1947	3 August 1947	struck 20 August 1971, sold to South Korean Navy as Kun San
Torry (AKL-11)	22 February 1947	3 April 1947	struck 29 January 1952
Mark (AKL-12)	30 September 1947	2 December 1947	transferred to Republic of China Navy 1971
Tingles (AKL-13)	September 1947	2 December 1947	struck 1969, renamed MV Ran-Annim, scrapped in 1982 [2]
Hewell (AKL-14)	2 February 1948	5 June 1948	struck 1 November 1959
New Bedford (AKL-17)	1 July 1950	1 July 1950	struck 4 April 1995

References

 This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

1. Polmar, Norman (2005-01-01). Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet. Naval Institute Press.
2. USS Tingles (AKL-13)