USS Tipton (AK-215)

History
  • United States
Name: Tipton
Namesake: Tipton County, Indiana or Tipton County, Tennessee
Operator:
  • 1945
  • 9 October 1945 – 4 March 1946
Ordered: MC hull 2169
Builder: Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Laid down: 28 December 1944
Launched: 13 March 1945
Sponsored by: Mrs. W. F. Maister
Acquired: 7 September 1945
Commissioned: 9 October 1945
Decommissioned: 4 March 1946
Struck: 20 March 1946
Identification: Hull symbol:AK-215
Fate: transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard on 4 March 1946
United States
Name: Unalga
Namesake: Unalga Island
Operator:
Commissioned: 4 March 1946
Decommissioned: 1 June 1950
Identification: Hull symbol:WAK-185
Fate: sold for scrapping, 6 January 1971, to Marine Power & Equipment Co., Inc., delivered 1 February 1971
General characteristics [1]
Class & 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 Tipton (AK-215) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the U.S. Navy during the closing period of World War II. She was commissioned; however, the war ended and she was declared "excess to needs." She was then transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard in 1946.

Built in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Tipton (AKA-215) was laid down under U.S. Maritime Commission Contract (MC hull 2169) on 28 December 1944 at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, by the Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company; launched on 13 March 1945; sponsored by Mrs. W. F. Maister; transferred to the Navy Department on 7 September 1945; and commissioned on 9 October 1945, Lt. Comdr. H. E. Gray, USCGR, in command.

World War II-related service

Upon commissioning, the cargo ship was transferred to the custody of the U.S. Coast Guard for maintenance and operation and was manned by a Coast Guard crew.

Post-war inactivation

Tipton was decommissioned and permanently transferred to the Coast Guard on 4 March 1946. She was struck from the Navy list on 20 March 1946.

References

  1. "USS Tipton (AK-215)". Navsource.org. Retrieved June 7, 2015.


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