USS Nicollet
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USS Nicollet (AK-199/AG-93/AVS-6) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship acquired by the U.S. Navy shortly before the end of World War II. She was converted into a Gwinnett-class aviation stores issue ship to carry aviation parts and spares, and to issue them to the US Pacific Fleet and activities as needed.
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USS Nicollet (AVS-6), probably photographed underway in San Francisco Bay, California, in 1945. | |
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United States | |
Name | Nicollet |
Namesake | Nicollet County, Minnesota |
Ordered | as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2153[1] |
Builder | Globe Shipbuilding Company, Superior, Wisconsin |
Yard number | 120[1] |
Laid down | 9 February 1944 |
Launched | 31 July 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. F. C. Hanson |
Commissioned | 27 April 1945 |
Decommissioned | 17 June 1946 |
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Refit | prior to 12 March 1945, converted to Gwinnett-class Aviation Stores Issue Ship |
Stricken | 3 July 1946 |
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Fate | Sold to France, 24 July 1947 |
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Republic of France | |
Name | Djerada |
Namesake | City of Djerada |
Acquired | 24 July 1947 |
Fate | reflagged to Morocco, 1959 |
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Morocco | |
Name | Djerada |
Acquired | 1959 |
Fate | Scrapped in Spain, February 1970 |
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Type | C1-M-AV1 |
Tonnage | 5,010 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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