USS Pemiscot
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USS Pemiscot (AK-201) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the US Navy during the closing period of World War II. By the time she was scheduled for commissioning, the war's end caused her to be declared “excess to needs” and she was returned to the US Government and struck by the Navy.
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Namesake | Pemiscot County, Missouri |
Ordered | as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2155[1] |
Builder | Globe Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin |
Yard number | 122[1] |
Laid down | 7 July 1944 |
Launched | 18 November 1944 |
Acquired | 12 September 1945 |
Commissioned | scheduled, 12 September 1945, delayed |
Stricken | 5 December 1945 |
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Fate | Returned to US Maritime Commission (MARCOM), 28 September 1945 |
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Name | Coastal Competitor |
Owner | MARCOM |
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Acquired | 31 October 1945 |
In service | 31 October 1945 |
Out of service | 3 May 1948 |
Fate | Sold, 13 July 1956 |
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Name | Coastal Competitor |
Operator | Companhia Nacional de Navegacao Costerira, Patrimonio Nacional |
Acquired | 13 July 1956 |
In service | 25 December 1956 |
Fate | Scrapped 1975 |
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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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