USS Lehigh (AK-192)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Lehigh.
History
United States
Name:
  • Coastal Expounder
  • Lehigh
Namesake: Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Ordered: MC hull 2123
Builder: Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc., Superior, Wisconsin
Laid down: 8 June 1944, as MV Coastal Expounder
Launched: 25 November 1944
Sponsored by: Mrs. Stanley Butler
Acquired: 30 July 1945
Commissioned: 13 September 1945
Decommissioned: 6 November 1945, name reverted to MV Coastal Expounder
Struck: date unknown
Identification: Hull symbol:AK-192
Fate:
  • transferred to the War Shipping Administration at Galveston, Texas, 6 November 1945, name reverted to MV Coastal Expounder
  • GAA agreement to T.J. Stevenson & Co., 6 November 1945
  • Chartered to New York and Cuba Mail SS Co., 18 July 1946
  • GAA agreement to Agwilines Inc, 7 November 1946
  • custody transferred to Lloyd Brasileiro, Patrimonio Nicional, 15 February 1947
  • sold to Lloyd Brasileiro, Patrimonio Nicional, 7 March 1947, for $693,862.00, reflagged Brazil
Status: fate unknown
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 Lehigh (AK-192) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed by the U.S. Navy during the closing period of World War II. She was declared excess-to-needs and returned to the U.S. Maritime Commission shortly after commissioning.

Built in Superior, Wisconsin

The second ship to be so named by the Navy, Lehigh (AK-192) was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract by Walter Butler Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin, 8 June 1944; launched 25 November 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Stanley Butler; acquired by the Navy 30 July 1945.

World War II operations

Lehigh placed in service the same day for ferrying from Beaumont, Texas, to Galveston, Texas; placed out of service on the 31st; and commissioned at New Orleans 13 September 1945, Lt. George Kotnick in command.

Post-war decommissioning

Because of the reduced need for cargo ships following World War II, Lehigh decommissioned 6 November 1945 and was turned over to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) the same day.

Her ultimate fate is not known.

References

  1. "USS Lehigh (AK-192)". Navsource.org. Retrieved June 7, 2015.


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