USS Chicot (AK-170)

USS Chicot (AK-170) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship commissioned by the US Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone.

History
United States
Name: Chicot
Namesake: Chicot County, Arkansas
Ordered: as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2143[1]
Builder: Froemming Brothers, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Yard number: 15[1]
Laid down: 1944
Launched: 16 July 1944
Sponsored by: Mrs. F. Marasco
Acquired: 13 March 1945
Commissioned: 4 April 1945
Decommissioned: 18 July 1946
Acquired: 14 May 1947
Recommissioned: 23 June 1947
Decommissioned: 24 July 1951
Stricken:
  • 2 August 1946
  • 18 January 1952
Identification:
Fate: Sold, 19 September 1960
History
Panama
Name: San Luis
Owner: James and Guerrero Co., Inc., Agana, Guam
Acquired: 19 September 1960
Fate: sold for scrapping in Panama in 1972
General characteristics [2]
Class and type: Alamosa-class cargo ship
Type: C1-M-AV1
Tonnage: 5,032 long tons deadweight (DWT)[1]
Displacement:
  • 2,382 long tons (2,420 t) (standard)
  • 7,450 long tons (7,570 t) (full load)
Length: 388 ft 8 in (118.47 m)
Beam: 50 ft (15 m)
Draft: 21 ft 1 in (6.43 m)
Installed power:
Propulsion: 1 × propeller
Speed: 11.5 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:

Construction

Chicot was launched 16 July 1944, by Froemming Brothers, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, under a Maritime Commission contract, MC hull 2143; sponsored by Mrs. F. Marasco; acquired by the Navy 13 March 1945; and commissioned 4 April 1945, Lieutenant Commander L. F. Marshall, USNR, in command.[3]

Service history

World War II Pacific Theatre operations

Chicot sailed from Gulfport, Mississippi, 10 May 1945 for Honolulu, where she discharged cargo then voyaged to San Francisco, California, returning to Pearl Harbor with another load of cargo 24 July. She put out of Pearl Harbor 30 July with cargo for Eniwetok, and until 10 March 1946, remained in the western Pacific, carrying cargo between Eniwetok, Ulithi, Tacloban, Saipan, Okinawa, Guam, Manus, Samar, and Subic Bay. She departed Guam 10 March for the west coast, and on 18 July 1946 was decommissioned at Seattle, Washington, and returned to the Maritime Commission the next day.[3]

Post-war reactivation

Chicot was reacquired 14 May 1947, and after repair, recommissioned 23 June 1947. She departed Seattle 18 July for Pearl Harbor. From 19 November, when she sailed from Guam and Pearl Harbor, Chicot carried cargo between the islands of the western Pacific, calling at Saipan, Truk, Ponape, Manus, and Kusaie. After local operations at Hawaii, she made a voyage to Guam and Saipan early in 1949, and returned to San Francisco 15 March.[3]

Chicot cleared San Pedro 27 April 1949 for cargo duty in the islands of the western Pacific, to Pearl Harbor and to Japan. Guam was her base until 24 July 1951, when she was decommissioned there and transferred to the Department of the Interior.[3]

Merchant service

Chicot was sold 19 September 1960, to shipper James and Guerrero Company, Inc., of Agana, Guam. She was renamed San Luis and reflagged for Panama.[2]

Notes
    Citations
    1. C1 Cargo Ships 2009.
    2. Navsource 2015.
    3. DANFS.

    Bibliography

    Online resources

    • "Chicot". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 15 November 2016. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
    • "C1 Cargo Ships". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
    • "USS Chicot (AK-170)". Navsource.org. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2016.


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