USS Chatham (AK-169)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Chatham.
USS Chatham (AK-169) 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.
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USS Chatham (AK-169), departing an island port in the Pacific, c. mid-1945. | |
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United States | |
Name | Chatham |
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Ordered | as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2142[1] |
Builder | Froemming Brothers, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Yard number | 14[1] |
Laid down | date unknown |
Launched | 13 May 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. G. C. Salisbury |
Acquired | 20 January 1945 |
Commissioned | 22 February 1945 |
Decommissioned | 2 April 1946 |
Stricken | 17 April 1946 |
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Fate | Removed from the Reserve Fleet, 28 February 1947, under GAA contract by Dickman, Wright and Pugh |
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Netherlands | |
Name | Helena |
Owner | Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Mattschappij N.V. |
Acquired | 15 April 1947 |
Fate | Sold 1963 |
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Panama | |
Name | Lincoln Express |
Owner | Bahamas Lines, Panama |
Acquired | 1963 |
Fate | broke in two and sank in December 1972 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Alamosa-class cargo ship |
Type | C1-M-AV1 |
Tonnage | 5,032 long tons deadweight (DWT)[1] |
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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) |
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Propulsion | 1 × propeller |
Speed | 11.5 kn (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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