USS Screven
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USS Screven (AK-210) 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 to be placed into the "mothball fleet" where she remained until sold in 1947 for commercial maritime service.
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USS Screven (AK-210) seen here prior to commissioning, possibly fitting out or undergoing trials at Leathem D Smith Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. | |
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United States | |
Name | Screven |
Namesake | Screven County, Georgia |
Ordered | as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2164[1] |
Builder | Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
Yard number | 330[1] |
Laid down | 11 July 1944 |
Launched | 30 November 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Harold Roeth |
Acquired | 3 July 1945 |
Commissioned | 2 August 1945 |
Decommissioned | 30 April 1946 |
Stricken | 8 May 1946 |
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Fate | Sold 26 February 1947, to Benham and Boyesin, Inc, Norway |
Norway | |
Name | Norlindo |
Owner | Benham and Boyesin, Inc, Norway |
Acquired | 26 February 1947 |
Fate | Sold 1959 |
Peru | |
Name | Ilo |
Namesake | City of Ilo |
Owner | Peruvian Navy |
Acquired | 1959 |
Identification | A 133[1] |
Fate | Sold to Spanish shipbreaker in 1968 |
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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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