USS Richland (AK-207)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Richland.
USS Richland (AK-207) 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, where she was placed into the reserve "mothball" fleet until scrapped in 1972.
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Reflecting the side-launching practice dictated by shipbuilding on inland waterways, Richland, her name in white block letters on her bow, enters her element on 5 August 1944, while the christening party watches her progress from the platform at lower right and spectators afloat and ashore look on. | |
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Name | Richland |
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Ordered | as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2161[1] |
Builder | Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
Yard number | 327[1] |
Laid down | 15 January 1944 |
Launched | 5 August 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Warren G. Brown |
Acquired | 17 April 1945 |
Commissioned | 22 April 1945 |
Decommissioned | 23 January 1946 |
Stricken | 7 February 1946 |
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Fate | Sold for scrapping 15 December 1971, to Pyramid Ventures Group, Inc., delivered 12 January 1972 |
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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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