USS Minidoka (AK-196)
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Namesake: | Minidoka County, Idaho |
Ordered: | MC hull 2127 |
Builder: | Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc., Superior, Wisconsin |
Laid down: | 26 August 1944, as MV Coastal Herald |
Launched: | 13 January 1945 |
Sponsored by: | Mrs. R. N. Elder |
Completed: | 5 May 1945 |
Commissioned: | canceled 25 August 1945, name retained MV Coastal Herald |
Identification: | Hull symbol:AK-196 |
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Status: | fate unknown |
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Class and type: | Alamosa-class cargo ship |
Type: | C1-M-AV1 |
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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) |
Installed power: | 1,750 shp (1,300 kW) |
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Speed: | 11.5 kn (13.2 mph; 21.3 km/h) |
Capacity: | 3,945 t (3,883 long tons) DWT |
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USS Minidoka (AK-196) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for 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.
Built in Superior, Wisconsin
Minidoka (AK 196), was laid down under Maritime Commission contract by Walter Butler Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Superior, Wisconsin, 26 August 1944; launched 13 January 1945; sponsored by Mrs. R. N. Elder; and completed 5 May 1945.
Post-war
While under conversion for Navy use at the Superior yard of Walter Butler, her conversion was canceled 25 August 1945. Subsequently, she was returned to the Maritime Commission, renamed Coastal Herald, and operated for the Maritime Commission by Waterman Steamship Corporation.
Her ultimate fate is not known.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - AK-196 Minidoka
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