USS Alaska (ID-3035)
U.S. Navy service.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Alaska |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Completed | 1881 |
Acquired | 18 September 1918 |
Commissioned | 18 September 1918 |
Stricken | 10 January 1919 |
Fate | Returned to owner 10 January 1919 |
Notes | In commercial service 1881–1918 and from 1919 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Minesweeper |
Tonnage | 229 gross register tons |
Length | 141 ft 9 in (43.21 m) |
Beam | 21 ft 0 in (6.40 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) (aft) |
Propulsion | Steam engine |
Speed | 10 knots |
Complement | 27 |
USS Alaska (ID-3035) was a minesweeper that served in the United States Navy from 1918 to 1919.
Alaska was built as a
Charleston Navy Yard at Charleston, South Carolina
.
Converted for service as a minesweeper, Alaska served in the Charleston area for the remainder of World War I and briefly thereafter as a minesweeper and
patrol vessel
.
The U.S. Navy returned Alaska to the Fisheries Products Company on 10 January 1919, and her name was stricken from the Navy Directory that same day.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Alaska (American Fishing Trawler, 1881). Served as USS Alaska (ID # 3035) in 1918–1919
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Alaska (ID 3035)