USS Glacier (AK-183)

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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameGlacier
Namesake Glacier County, Montana
Orderedas type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2114 [1]
Builder Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc., Superior, Wisconsin
Yard number32 [1]
Laid down1944
Launched22 April 1944
Sponsored byMiss Agnes Kennedy
Acquired29 March 1945
Commissioned14 April 1945
Decommissioned19 February 1946
Stricken12 March 1946
Identification
FateSold, 17 April 1948, to Koninklijke Nederlandsche StoombootMattschappij N.V., Amsterdam
History
Flag of the Netherlands.svgNetherlands
NameHydra
OwnerKoninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Mattschappij N.V.
Acquired17 April 1948
FateSold 1962
History
Civil Ensign of Saudi Arabia (obverse).svgSaudi Arabia
NameAsma B
OwnerSaudi Lines
Acquired1962
FateSold for scrapping in July 1970 at HSINKANG, China
General characteristics [2]
Class and type Alamosa-class cargo ship
Type C1-M-AV1
Tonnage5,032 long tons deadweight (DWT) [1]
Displacement
  • 2,382 long tons (2,420 t) (standard)
  • 7,450 long tons (7,570 t) (full load)
Length388 ft 8 in (118.47 m)
Beam50 ft (15 m)
Draft21 ft 1 in (6.43 m)
Installed power
Propulsion1 × propeller
Speed11.5  kn (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity
  • 3,945 t (3,883 long tons) DWT
  • 9,830 cu ft (278 m3) (refrigerated)
  • 227,730 cu ft (6,449 m3) (non-refrigerated)
Complement
  • 15 Officers
  • 70 Enlisted
Armament

USS Glacier (AK-183) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during the final months of World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean theatre of operations for a short period of time before being decommissioned and returned to the U.S. Maritime Administration for dispositioning.

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Construction

The third ship to be so named by the Navy, Glacier was launched 22 April 1944, under a Maritime Commission contract, MC hull 2114, by Walter Butler Shipbuilding, Inc., Superior, Wisconsin; sponsored by Miss Agnes Kennedy; acquired 29 March 1945, and commissioned 14 April 1945. [3]

Service history

Following shakedown off Galveston, Texas, Glacier loaded lumber and metal drums at New Orleans, Louisiana, and sailed 18 May 1945 for Pearl Harbor, where she put in 12 June to off-load her cargo. [3]

Underway 29 June with building supplies for Kwajalein, she returned via Eniwetok to San Francisco, California, 5 August. Subsequently, a 5-month voyage out of San Francisco brought general cargo to Pearl Harbor, Tarawa, Majuro, Eniwetok, Guam, and Saipan before Glacier moored at Norfolk, Virginia, 1 February 1946, her missions accomplished. [3]

Post-war decommissioning

Decommissioned there 19 February 1946, she was returned to the Maritime Commission 3 days later and stricken from the Navy List 12 March 1946. [3]

Merchant service

Acquired by the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Mattschappij, N.V., of Amsterdam, Holland, and renamed Ydra, the former Navy cargo ship operated out of Amsterdam, under the Dutch flag, from 1947 to 1962. [2]

She was sold in 1962, to a Saudi Arabian concern, the Saudi Lines, and renamed Asma B, she served commercially from 1962 to 1970 before being sold for scrap in July 1970 at HSINKANG, China. [2]

Honors and awards

Qualified Glacier personnel were eligible for the following: [2]

Notes

    Citations
    1. 1 2 3 C1 Cargo Ships 2009.
    2. 1 2 3 4 Navsource 2014.
    3. 1 2 3 4 DANFS 2015.

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