USS Screven

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USS Screven (AK-210) seen here prior to commissioning, possibly fitting out or undergoing trials at Leathem D Smith Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameScreven
Namesake Screven County, Georgia
Orderedas type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2164 [1]
Builder Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Yard number330 [1]
Laid down11 July 1944
Launched30 November 1944
Sponsored byMrs. Harold Roeth
Acquired3 July 1945
Commissioned2 August 1945
Decommissioned30 April 1946
Stricken8 May 1946
Identification
FateSold 26 February 1947, to Benham and Boyesin, Inc, Norway
Naval Jack of Norway.svgNorway
NameNorlindo
OwnerBenham and Boyesin, Inc, Norway
Acquired26 February 1947
FateSold 1959
Flag of the Peruvian Navy.svgPeru
NameIlo
NamesakeCity of Ilo
Owner Peruvian Navy
Acquired1959
IdentificationA 133 [1]
FateSold to Spanish shipbreaker in 1968
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 Screven (AK-210) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the US Navy during the closing period of World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean theatre of operations and returned home in 1946 to be placed into the "mothball fleet" where she remained until sold in 1947 for commercial maritime service.

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Construction

Screven was laid down under US Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2164, on 11 July 1944, by Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; launched on 30 November 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Harold Roeth; acquired on 3 July 1945; and commissioned on 2 August 1945. [3] [2]

Service history

After shakedown, Screven arrived at Gulfport, Mississippi, on 31 August 1945 to load cargo. She sailed on 21 September and, after stops at the Panama Canal Zone and Pearl Harbor, arrived at Guam on 16 November. Departing from Guam on 19 December, the ship arrived at San Francisco, on 9 January 1946 and proceeded to the US East Coast. [3]

Post-war inactivation

Screven arrived at Baltimore, Maryland, on 10 April for inactivation, and was decommissioned on 30 April. She was redelivered to the Maritime Commission on 7 May 1946 and struck from the Navy List on 8 May. [3]

Merchant service

The freighter was purchased 26 February 1947, for $693,862, [4] by the Norwegian firm of Benham and Boyesin, Inc. She was renamed Norlindo. [3]

Peruvian Navy service

In 1959 she became the Peruvian Navy transport, Ilo (A 133). [1] She was sold to Spanish shipbreakers in 1968. [3]

Notes

    Citations
    1. 1 2 3 4 5 C1 Cargo Ships 2009.
    2. 1 2 Navsource 2014.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 DANFS.
    4. ↑ MARAD.

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