USS Tipton
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USS Tipton (AK-215) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the US Navy during the closing period of World War II. She was commissioned; however, the war ended and she was declared "excess to needs." She was then transferred to the US Coast Guard in 1946.
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Name | Tipton |
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Ordered | as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2169[1] |
Builder | Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
Yard number | 335[1] |
Laid down | 28 December 1944 |
Launched | 13 March 1945 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. W. F. Maister |
Acquired | 7 September 1945 |
Commissioned | 9 October 1945 |
Decommissioned | 4 March 1946 |
Stricken | 20 March 1946 |
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Fate | Transferred to the US Coast Guard on 4 March 1946 |
United States | |
Name | Unalga |
Namesake | Unalga Island |
Commissioned | 4 March 1946 |
Decommissioned | 1 June 1950 |
Identification | Hull symbol: WAK-185 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 6 January 1971 |
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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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