USNS Short Splice
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USNS Short Splice (T-AK-249) was a US Maritime Administration (MARCOM) C1-M-AV1type coastal cargo ship, originally planned as an Alamosa-class cargo ship. Constructed as Short Splice for MARCOM, completed in August 1945 and placed in operation by the War Shipping Administration during the closing period of World War II. However, the war ended, and she was transferred to the US Army as USAT Short Splice who kept her in service until transferred to the US Navy in 1950.
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Name | Short Splice |
Namesake | Short splice |
Ordered | as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2464[1] |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California |
Yard number | 1310[1] |
Laid down | 15 January 1945 |
Launched | 3 March 1945 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. A. 0. Wiese |
Commissioned | delivered to the Maritime Commission (MARCOM) prior to commissioning, 18 May 1945 |
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Fate | Transferred to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
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Name | Short Splice |
Owner | WSA |
Operator | US Army |
Acquired | 17 July 1946 |
In service | 17 July 1946 |
Out of service | 1 March 1950 |
Fate | Transferred to the US Navy, 1 March 1950 |
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United States | |
Name | Short Splice |
Owner | US Navy |
Operator | Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) |
Acquired | 1 March 1950 |
In service | 1 March 1950 |
Out of service | 29 June 1973 |
Stricken | 15 June 1973 |
Identification | Hull symbol: T-AK-249 |
Fate | Transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 31 August 1973 |
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Name | Short Splice |
Owner | MARAD |
Acquired | 31 August 1973 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 31 August 1973 |
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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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