USS Pipestone (AK-203)
| |
| History |
 United States
|
| Name: |
Pipestone |
| Namesake: |
Pipestone County, Minnesota |
| Ordered: |
as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC Hull 2157 |
| Builder: |
Globe Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin |
| Laid down: |
date unknown, |
| Launched: |
date unknown |
| Acquired: |
April 1945 |
| Commissioned: |
returned, 23 November 1945, to the Maritime Commission |
| Struck: |
date unknown |
| Identification: |
Hull symbol:AK-203 |
| Fate: |
- Returned to the Maritime Commission, 23 November 1945, at New Orleans
- Renamed MV Coastal Explorer by the Maritime Commission
- Sold, 21 February 1947, for $693,862 to Corperacion Peruana e Vapores, of Callao, Peru (a Peruvian Government Controlled operator), reflagged Peruvian
- Sold in 1968 to Naviera Panamar S.A., also of Callao, renamed MV Felipe
- Sold, date unknown, to Gold Shipping S.A., Panama
|
| Status: |
sold for scrapping in 1974 to Spanish shipbreakers |
| 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: |
|
| Armament: |
|
USS Pipestone (AK-203) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the U.S. Navy during the closing period of World War II. By the time she was scheduled for commissioning, the war’s end caused her to be declared “excess to needs” and she was returned to the U.S. Government and struck by the Navy.
Career
Pipestone (AK–203) was laid down under U.S. Maritime Commission contract by Globe Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin. She was transferred to the Navy in April 1945. Pipestone was scheduled for commissioning. However, because of the Allied victory in the Pacific Ocean theatre of operations, her commissioning was delayed. Pipestone was ordered returned to the U.S. Maritime Commission for disposal. She was subsequently renamed Coastal Explorer. Her subsequent fate is not known.
References
Alamosa-class cargo ship |
|---|
| | |
- * = Canceled August 1945
- ** = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Guide
- † = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Crusader
|
|