USS Claiborne (AK-171)

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History
United States
Name: Claiborne
Namesake: Claiborne Parish, Louisiana or Claiborne County, Mississippi or Claiborne County, Tennessee
Ordered: MC hull 2144
Builder: Froemming Brothers, Inc, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Laid down: 1944
Launched: 3 September 1944
Sponsored by: Miss L. Kapczynski
Commissioned: 19 April 1945
Decommissioned: 7 February 1946
Struck: 5 June 1946
Identification: Hull symbol:AK-171
Fate: sold for scrapping, 6 January 1971, (PD-X-892), for $30,000 to Marine Power & Equipment Co., Inc.
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 Claiborne (AK-171) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone.

Claiborne (AK-171) was launched 3 September 1944 by Froemming Brothers, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, under a Maritime Commission contract, sponsored by Miss L. Kapczynski; and commissioned 19 April 1945 at New Orleans, Louisiana, Lieutenant R. B. Johnston in command.

World War II Pacific Theatre operations

Claiborne departed Gulfport, Mississippi, 20 May 1945 and arrived at Hollandia, New Guinea, 5 July. For the next 6 months she operated in the Philippines and New Guinea areas, carrying food, and supplies, and helping to redeploy troops among the various islands. The cargo ship sailed from Manila 6 January 1946, for Yokosuka, Japan, anchoring there 13 January.

Post-war decommissioning

Claiborne was decommissioned and transferred to the War Shipping Administration at Tokyo 7 February 1946

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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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