USS Lancaster (AK-193)

USS Lancaster (AK-193) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed by the US Navy during the closing period of World War II. She was declared excess-to-needs and returned to the US Maritime Commission shortly after commissioning.

For other ships with the same name, see USS Lancaster.
History
United States
Name:
  • Coastal Ringleader (1944–1945)
  • Lancaster (1945)
Namesake: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Ordered: as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2124[1]
Builder: Walter Butler Shipbuilders Inc., Superior, Wisconsin
Yard number: 42[1]
Laid down: 1 July 1944
Launched: 1944
Acquired: 21 September 1945
Commissioned: 21 September 1945
Decommissioned: 23 November 1945
Stricken: date unknown
Identification:
Fate: returned to Maritime Commission, 23 November 1945
History
United States
Name: Coastal Ringleader
Owner: Maritime Commission
Operator:
Acquired: 23 November 1945
In service: 23 November 1945
Out of service: 25 May 1948
Fate: sent to reserve fleet
Status: sold, 13 July 1956
History
Brazil
Name: Coastal Ringleader
Operator: Companhia Nacional de Navegacao Costerira, Patrimonio Nacional
Acquired: 13 July 1956
In service: 2 October 1956
Status: fate unknown
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

The fourth ship to be so named by the Navy, Lancaster was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract, MC hull 2124, 1 July 1944, by Walter Butler Shipbuilding Inc., Superior, Wisconsin; launched the same year; acquired by the Navy 21 September 1945; and commissioned the same day.[3]

Post-war decommissioning

The end of World War II reduced the need for cargo ships, and Lancaster decommissioned 23 November 19, she was returned to the War Shipping Administration the same day with her name reverting to Coastal Ringleader.[3]

Merchant service

Coastal Ringleader was used by several shipping companies from 1945–1948, when she was placed in the reserve fleet.[2]

On 13 July 1956, she was sold to Companhia Nacional de Navegacao Costerira, Patrimonio Nacional, of Brazil, for $693,682, under the condition that she be used for coastal shipping. She was delivered on 2 October 1956.[4] Her final disposition is unknown.[2]

Notes
    Citations
    1. C1 Cargo Ships 2009.
    2. Navsource 2011.
    3. DANFS 2015.
    4. MARAD.

    Bibliography

    Online resources

    • "Lancaster III (AK-193)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 19 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 19 November 2016.
    • "USS Lancaster (AK-193)". Navsource.org. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
    • "Coastal Ringleader". United States Department of Transportation. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
    • Photo gallery of USS Lancaster (AK-193) at NavSource Naval History


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