Summary
USS Kenosha (AK-190) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that served the US Navy during the clean-up phase of World War II. When her service was no longer required in 1946, she was decommissioned and returned to the U.S. Maritime Commission where she was sold to the Kingdom of Norway in 1947.
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| Name | Kenosha |
| Namesake | Kenosha County, Wisconsin |
| Ordered | as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2121[1] |
| Builder | Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc., Superior, Wisconsin |
| Yard number | 39[1] |
| Laid down | May 1944 |
| Launched | 25 August 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Marion Crowley |
| Acquired | 1 August 1945 |
| Commissioned | 7 September 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 16 April 1946 |
| Stricken | date unknown |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold Norway, 4 March 1947 |
 Norway | |
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| Acquired | 4 March 1947 |
| Refit | 1967, converted to an offshore drilling ship |
| Identification | IMO number: 5406522 |
| Fate | Scrapped 24 May 1984 |
| 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) |
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| Propulsion | 1 × propeller |
| Speed | 11.5 kn (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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Construction edit
Kenosha was launched 25 August 1944, by Walter Butler Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin, under a U.S. Maritime Commission contract, MC hull 2121; sponsored by Miss Marion Crowley; acquired by the Navy 1 August 1945; and commissioned 7 September 1945.[3]
Service history edit
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After shakedown out of Galveston, Texas, Kenosha arrived Gulfport, Mississippi, 19 October to load cargo for the Mariana Islands. The cargo ship departed Gulfport 25 November, cleared the Panama Canal, and arrived Guam via Pearl Harbor 10 January 1946.[3]
Upon discharging her cargo, she loaded cargo for the US Marines and sailed for the US East Coast, arriving Lynnhaven Roads, Virginia, 7 March.[3]
Decommissioning edit
On 3 April Kenosha arrived Baltimore, Maryland, and decommissioned there 16 April 1946.[3]
Merchant history edit
She was sold to Norway on 4 March 1947, for $693,862,[4] and renamed Rio Dale. She was renamed several times between 1958 and 1967, Torian in 1959, Lars Viking in 1963, Neptune V in 1965, and finally Arabdrill 2 in 1967, when she converted to an offshore drilling ship. She was scrapped on 24 May 1984 at Gadani beach.[5]
Honors and awards edit
Qualified Kenosha personnel were eligible for the following:[2]
Notes edit
- Citations
Bibliography edit
- "Kenosha (AK-190)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - "C1 Cargo Ships". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- "USS Kenosha (AK-190)". Navsource.org. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- "Kenosha". United States Department of Transportation. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
External links edit
- Photo gallery of USS Kenosha (AK-190) at NavSource Naval History
