History | |
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United States | |
Name |
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Namesake | Lebanon County, Pennsylvania |
Ordered | as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2122 [1] |
Builder | Walter Butler Shipbuilding, Superior, Wisconsin |
Yard number | 40 [1] |
Laid down | 15 May 1944 |
Launched | 14 October 1944 |
Acquired | 25 August 1945 |
Commissioned | 26 September 1945 |
Decommissioned | 15 November 1945 |
Identification |
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Fate | returned to Maritime Commission, 15 November 1945 |
History | |
United States | |
Name | Coastal Archer |
Owner | Maritime Commission |
Operator |
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Acquired | 15 November 1945 |
In service | 25 November 1945 |
Out of service | 25 June 1948 |
Fate | Sold, 13 July 1956 |
History | |
Brazil | |
Name | Coastal Archer |
Acquired | 13 July 1956 |
In service | 22 August 1956 |
Fate | Scrapped 2 September 1986 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Alamosa-class cargo ship |
Type | C1-M-AV1 |
Tonnage | 5,032 long tons deadweight (DWT) [1] |
Displacement |
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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 |
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Propulsion | 1 × propeller |
Speed | 11.5 kn (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
Capacity |
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Complement |
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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.
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]
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]
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]
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