USS Lebanon (AK-191)

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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
Name
  • Coastal Archer (1944–1945)
  • Lebanon (1945)
Namesake Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Orderedas type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2122 [1]
Builder Walter Butler Shipbuilding, Superior, Wisconsin
Yard number40 [1]
Laid down15 May 1944
Launched14 October 1944
Acquired25 August 1945
Commissioned26 September 1945
Decommissioned15 November 1945
Identification
Fatereturned to Maritime Commission, 15 November 1945
History
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameCoastal Archer
Owner Maritime Commission
Operator
Acquired15 November 1945
In service25 November 1945
Out of service25 June 1948
Fatesold, 13 July 1956
History
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
NameCoastal Archer
Acquired13 July 1956
In service22 August 1956
FateScrapped 2 September 1986
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 Lebanon (AK-191) was a Alamosa-class cargo ship constructed for the US Navy during the end of World War II. However, as the war was ending, the need for additional cargo ships was found not necessary and Lebanon was sold for commercial service.

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Construction

Lebanon, the second U.S. Navy ship to bear that name, was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract, MC hull 2122, by Walter Butler Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin, 15 May 1944; launched 14 October 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Charles E. Denny; acquired by the Navy 25 August 1945; and commissioned at New Orleans, Louisiana, 26 September 1945. [3]

Service history

The end of World War II reduced the need for cargo ships and Lebanon decommissioned 15 November 1946. She was returned to the Maritime Commission the same day, was chartered to Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, Inc., and renamed Coastal Archer. [3]

Merchant service

Coastal Archer was used by several shipping companies from 1945–1948, when she was placed in the reserve fleet. [2]

On 13 July 1956, she was sold to Brazil under the condition that she be used for coastal shipping by Brazil. She was delivered on 22 August 1956. [4] Her final disposition is unknown. [2]

Notes

    Citations
    1. 1 2 3 C1 Cargo Ships 2009.
    2. 1 2 3 Navsource 2013.
    3. 1 2 DANFS 2016.
    4. ↑ MARAD.

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