USS Claiborne (AK-171)
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| 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 |
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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 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.
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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
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery of Claiborne at NavSource Naval History
