USS Kenmore (AK-221)
USS Kenmore (AK-221), in San Francisco Bay, California, in late 1945 or early 1946.
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Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
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Ordered | as a MCE hull 1664[1] |
Builder | California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California |
Yard number | 197[1] |
Way number | 3[1] |
Laid down | 8 May 1943 |
Launched | 30 May 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. T. J. Bluechel |
In service | 12 June 1943 |
Renamed | Kenmore, 27 October 1943 |
Reclassified | Naval Transport, 27 October 1943 |
Identification | Hull symbol: AP-162 |
Fate | transferred to the US Navy , 14 November 1943 |
United States | |
Name | Kenmore |
Acquired | 14 November 1943 |
Commissioned | 14 November 1943 |
Decommissioned | 1 February 1946 |
Reclassified | Cargo Ship , 20 August 1944 |
Stricken | 25 February 1946 |
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Honors and awards | battle star |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 13 February 1973, removed, 26 March 1973 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Crater-class cargo ship |
Type | Type EC2-S-C1 |
Displacement | |
Length | 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) |
Beam | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
Draft | 28 ft 4 in (8.64 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 12.8 kn (23.7 km/h; 14.7 mph) |
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USS Kenmore (AP-162/AK-221) was a
Construction
Kenmore was laid down 8 May 1943, under a
Service history
1943–1944
Kenmore loaded cargo and departed Oakland, California, 22 November 1943, arriving Pearl Harbor on 1 December. After repairs at Pearl Harbor, she prepared for the Marshall Islands invasion and departed Hawaii 25 January 1944. Nine days later she arrived off the shores of Majuro Atoll with troops and equipment of the attacking force. The cargo ship returned to Pearl Harbor 21 February, to embark garrison troops for the Gilbert Islands, debarking them at Tarawa in March.[3]
After shuttling troops between the Gilberts and Hawaii for the next two months, Kenmore departed
Reclassified AK-221 on 20 August, Kenmore stood out of Honolulu 25 September, with cargo and reinforcements for the
1945–1946
The cargo ship departed
In the closing days of the war, Kenmore shuttled troops between
Post-war decommissioning
Kenmore remained in San Francisco, and decommissioned there 1 February 1946. She was delivered to the War Shipping Administration the same day for return to her owner.[3] Her name reverted to James H. McClintock.[2]
Fate
She was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Group, until purchased by Chi Shun Hua Steel Company, Ltd., on 13 February 1973, for $185,150. She was physically removed from the Reserve Fleet on 26 March 1973.[4]
Awards
Kenmore received two
Notes
- Citations
Bibliography
Online resources
- "Kenmore". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- "California Shipbuilding, Los Angeles CA". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- "USS Kenmore (AK-221)". Navsource.org. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- "JAMES H. McCLINTOCK". United States Department of Transportation. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
External links
- Photo gallery of USS Kenmore (AK-221) at NavSource Naval History