USS Glacier (AK-183)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Glacier.
History
United States
Name: Glacier
Namesake: Glacier County, Montana
Ordered: MC hull 2114
Builder: Port Houston Iron Works, Houston, Texas, for Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc., Superior, Wisconsin
Laid down: 1944
Launched: 22 April 1944
Sponsored by: Miss Agnes Kennedy
Acquired: 29 March 1945
Commissioned: 14 April 1945
Decommissioned: 19 February 1946
Struck: 12 March 1946
Identification: Hull symbol:AK-183
Fate:
  • Sold to Koninklikje Nederlandsche Stoomboot Mj', Amsterdam, 17 April 1947, reflagged Netherlands, renamed MV Hydra
  • Sold to Saudi Arabia in 1962, renamed MV Asma B
Status: sold for scrapping in July 1970 at Hsinkang, China
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 Glacier (AK-183) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during the final months of World War II. She served the Pacific Ocean theatre of operations for a short period of time before being decommissioned and returned to the U.S. Maritime Administration for dispositioning.

Built in Superior, Wisconsin

The third ship to be so named by the Navy, Glacier (AK-183) was launched 22 April 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract by Walter Butler Shipbuilding, Inc., Superior, Wisconsin; sponsored by Miss Agnes Kennedy; acquired 29 March 1945 and commissioned 14 April 1945, Lt. C. L. Hitchcock, USNR, in command.

World War II-related service

Following shakedown off Galveston, Texas, Glacier loaded lumber and metal drums at New Orleans, Louisiana, and sailed 18 May 1945 for Pearl Harbor, where she put in 12 June to off-load her cargo.

Underway 29 June with building supplies for Kwajalein, she returned via Eniwetok to San Francisco, California, 5 August. Subsequently, a 5-month voyage out of San Francisco brought general cargo to Pearl Harbor, Tarawa, Majuro, Eniwetok, Guam, and Saipan before Glacier moored at Norfolk, Virginia, 1 February 1946, her missions accomplished.

Post-war decommissioning

Decommissioned there 19 February 1946, she was returned to the Maritime Commission 3 days later and stricken from the Navy List 12 March 1946.

Honors and awards

Qualified Glacier personnel were eligible for the following:

References

  1. "USS Glacier (AK-183)". Navsource.org. Retrieved June 6, 2015.


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