USS Lehigh (AK-192)
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Namesake: | Lehigh County, Pennsylvania |
Ordered: | MC hull 2123 |
Builder: | Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc., Superior, Wisconsin |
Laid down: | 8 June 1944, as MV Coastal Expounder |
Launched: | 25 November 1944 |
Sponsored by: | Mrs. Stanley Butler |
Acquired: | 30 July 1945 |
Commissioned: | 13 September 1945 |
Decommissioned: | 6 November 1945, name reverted to MV Coastal Expounder |
Struck: | date unknown |
Identification: | Hull symbol:AK-192 |
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Status: | fate unknown |
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Class & type: | Alamosa-class cargo ship |
Type: | C1-M-AV1 |
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Length: | 388 ft 8 in (118.47 m) |
Beam: | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft: | 21 ft 1 in (6.43 m) |
Installed power: | 1,750 shp (1,300 kW) |
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Speed: | 11.5 kn (13.2 mph; 21.3 km/h) |
Capacity: | 3,945 t (3,883 long tons) DWT |
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USS Lehigh (AK-192) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed by the U.S. Navy during the closing period of World War II. She was declared excess-to-needs and returned to the U.S. Maritime Commission shortly after commissioning.
Built in Superior, Wisconsin
The second ship to be so named by the Navy, Lehigh (AK-192) was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract by Walter Butler Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin, 8 June 1944; launched 25 November 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Stanley Butler; acquired by the Navy 30 July 1945.
World War II operations
Lehigh placed in service the same day for ferrying from Beaumont, Texas, to Galveston, Texas; placed out of service on the 31st; and commissioned at New Orleans 13 September 1945, Lt. George Kotnick in command.
Post-war decommissioning
Because of the reduced need for cargo ships following World War II, Lehigh decommissioned 6 November 1945 and was turned over to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) the same day.
Her ultimate fate is not known.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - AK-192 Lehigh
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