USS Sharps
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For other ships with the same name, see ROKS Gunsan.
USS Sharps (AG-139/AKL-10) was a Camano-class cargo ship constructed for the U.S. Army as USA FS-385 shortly before the end of World War II and later acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1947. She was configured as a transport and cargo ship and was assigned to serve the World War II Trust Territories in the Pacific Ocean. She later served with distinction in the Korean War.
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Sharps docked at Sasebo, Japan, in early 1952 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Sharps |
Namesake | Sharps Island off the coast of Maryland |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Decatur, Alabama |
Completed | date unknown, as U.S. Army FS-385 |
Acquired | by the U.S. Navy in March 1947 |
Commissioned | 3 August 1947 as USS Sharps (AG-139) at Guam |
Decommissioned | 1955 at Astoria, Oregon |
Reclassified | AKL-10, 31 March 1949 |
Stricken | 20 August 1974 |
Honours and awards | three battle stars for Korean service |
Fate | Transferred to the South Korean Navy 3 April 1955 as Gunsan (AKL-908) |
Notes | subsequent fate unknown |
General characteristics | |
Type | Camano-class cargo ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 177' |
Beam | 33' |
Draft | 10' |
Propulsion | two 500hp GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines, twin screws |
Speed | 12 knots |
Complement | 26 officers and enlisted |
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