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Revision as of 06:12, 22 April 2016

History
United States
Name
  • Coastal Competition
  • Pemiscot
NamesakePemiscot County, Missouri
OrderedMC hull 2155
BuilderGlobe Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin
Laid down7 July 1944, as MV Coastal Competition
Launched18 November 1944
Acquired12 September 1945
Commissionedreturned, 31 October 1945, to the Maritime Commission, name reverted to MV Coastal Competition
Stricken5 December 1945
IdentificationHull symbol:AK-201
Fate
  • GAA American Liberty Steamship Corp., 31 October 1945, at New Orleans
  • Chartered by United Fruit Co., 19 June 1946
  • GAA American West African Line Inc., 29 September 1946
  • Chartered by Lykes Bros, SS Co., Inc, 29 December 1946, at Mobile, AL.
  • GAA Atlantic Steamship Line, 4 April 1948
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX., 3 May 1948
  • Sold foreign, Brazil, 13 July 1956, at Beaumont, TX., delivered 25 December 1956
Statusfate unknown
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass-
TypeC1-M-AV1
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
Propulsion
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 Pemiscot (AK-201) was an Template:Sclass- that was constructed for the U.S. 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 U.S. Government and struck by the Navy.

Built in Superior, Wisconsin

Pemiscot (AK–201) was laid down under Maritime Commission contract by Globe Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin, 7 July 1944; launched 18 November 1944; and transferred down the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River to New Orleans, Louisiana, between January and April 1945. Completed at the Pendleton Shipyard Co., she was transferred to the Navy 12 September 1945 at New Orleans.

Pemiscot was scheduled to commission 12 September. However, because of the Allied victory in the Pacific Ocean theatre of operations, her commissioning was delayed.

Inactivation

On 28 September she was ordered returned to the U.S. Maritime Commission, and was delivered to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) at New Orleans 31 October. Her name was struck from the Naval Register 5 December 1945. She was subsequently renamed Coastal Competition.

References

  1. ^ "USS Pemiscot (AK-201)". Navsource.org. Retrieved June 7, 2015.