USS Lebanon (AK-191)

USS Lebanon (AK-191) was a Alamosa-class cargo ship constructed for the US Navy during the end of World War II. However, as the war was ending, the need for additional cargo ships was found not necessary and Lebanon was sold for commercial service.

For other ships with the same name, see USS Lebanon.
History
United States
Name:
  • Coastal Archer (1944–1945)
  • Lebanon (1945)
Namesake: Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Ordered: as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2122[1]
Builder: Walter Butler Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin
Yard number: 40[1]
Laid down: 15 May 1944
Launched: 14 October 1944
Acquired: 25 August 1945
Commissioned: 26 September 1945
Decommissioned: 15 November 1945
Identification:
Fate: returned to Maritime Commission, 15 November 1945
History
United States
Name: Coastal Archer
Owner: Maritime Commission
Operator:
  • West India SS Company (1945)
  • Overlakes Freight Corp. (1946)
  • Lykes Bros. SS Company, Inc. (1946–1947)
  • Waterman SS Corp. (1948)
Acquired: 15 November 1945
In service: 25 November 1945
Out of service: 25 June 1948
Fate: sent to reserve fleet
Status: sold, 13 July 1956
History
Brazil
Name: Coastal Archer
Acquired: 13 July 1956
In service: 22 August 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

Lebanon, the second U.S. Navy ship to bear that name, was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract, MC hull 2122, by Walter Butler Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin, 15 May 1944; launched 14 October 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Charles E. Denny; acquired by the Navy 25 August 1945; and commissioned at New Orleans, Louisiana, 26 September 1945, Lieutenant Robert K. Stuart in command.[3]

Service history

The end of World War II reduced the need for cargo ships and Lebanon decommissioned 15 November 1946. She was returned to the Maritime Commission the same day, was chartered to Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, Inc., and renamed Coastal Archer.[3]

Merchant service

Coastal Archer 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 Brazil under the condition that she be used for coastal shipping by Brazil. She was delivered on 22 August 1956.[4] Her final disposition is unknown.[2]

Notes
    Citations
    1. C1 Cargo Ships 2009.
    2. Navsource 2013.
    3. DANFS 2016.
    4. MARAD.

    Bibliography

    Online resources

    • "Lebanon II (AK-191)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 18 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 18 November 2016.
    • "USS Lebanon (AK-191)". Navsource.org. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
    • "Coastal Archer". United States Department of Transportation. Retrieved 18 November 2016.


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