USS Codington (AK-173)

History
United States
Name: Codington
Namesake: Codington County, South Dakota
Owner:
Operator:
Ordered: MC hull 2146
Builder: Froemming Brothers, Inc, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Laid down: 1944
Launched: 29 November 1944
Sponsored by: Mrs. W. P. Plehl
Commissioned: 23 July 1945
Decommissioned: 27 February 1946
Struck: date unknown
Identification: Hull symbol:AK-173
Status: scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, January 1974
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Alamosa-class cargo ship
Type: C1-M-AV1
Displacement:
  • 2,382 long tons (2,420 t) (standard)
  • 7,450 long tons (7,570 t) (full load)
Length: 388 ft 8 in (118.47 m)
Beam: 50 ft (15 m)
Draft: 21 ft 1 in (6.43 m)
Installed power: 1,750 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion:
Speed: 11.5 kn (13.2 mph; 21.3 km/h)
Capacity: 3,945 t (3,883 long tons) DWT
Complement:
  • 15 Officers
  • 70 Enlisted
Armament:

USS Codington (AK-173) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone.

Codington (AK-173) was launched 29 November 1944 by Froemming Brothers, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. W. P. Plehl; and commissioned at Galveston, Texas, 23 July 1945, Lieutenant Commander A. F. Pittman in command.

World War II Pacific Theatre operations

Codington departed Galveston 11 August 1945 for Leyte, arriving 11 October. She assumed cargo operations in the Philippines, with one voyage to New Guinea (1 December – 27 December), until 30 January 1946, when she sailed from Subic Bay for Yokosuka.

Post-war decommissioning

Codington was decommissioned at Tokyo 27 February 1946, and transferred to the War Shipping Administration for disposal.

References

  1. "USS Codington (AK-173)". Navsource.org. Retrieved June 6, 2015.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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