USS Pitkin (AK-204)
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History |
United States
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Name: |
Pitkin |
Namesake: |
Pitkin County, Colorado |
Ordered: |
MC hull 2158 |
Builder: |
Globe Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin |
Laid down: |
date unknown |
Launched: |
date unknown |
Acquired: |
May 1945 |
Commissioned: |
returned to the Maritime Commission prior to commissioning |
Struck: |
date unknown |
Identification: |
Hull symbol:AK-204 |
Fate: |
- renamed MV Coastal Observer
- GAA Lykes Bros. SS Co., Inc., 20 November 1945, at Beaumont, Texas
- Chartered by Lykes Bros. SS Co, Inc, 19 June 1946
- GAA Mississippi Shipping Co., 30 June 1949
- Laid up, 11 July 1949, in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas
- Sold, foreign, Brazil, 13 July 1956, delivered, 15 February 1957
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Status: |
fate unknown |
General characteristics [1] |
Class & type: |
Alamosa-class cargo ship |
Type: |
C1-M-AV1 |
Displacement: |
- 2,382 long tons (2,420 t) (standard)
- 7,450 long tons (7,570 t) (full load)
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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) |
Propulsion: |
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Speed: |
11.5 kn (13.2 mph; 21.3 km/h) |
Capacity: |
3,945 t (3,883 long tons) DWT |
Complement: |
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Armament: |
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USS Pitkin (AK-204) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the U.S. Navy during the closing period of World War II. By the time she was scheduled for commissioning, the war’s end caused her to be declared “excess to needs” and she was returned to the U.S. Government and struck by the Navy.
Career
Pitkin (AK–204) was laid down under Maritime Commission contract by Globe Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin. She was transferred to the Navy in May 1945. Pitkin was scheduled for commissioning. However, because of the Allied victory in the Pacific Ocean theatre of operations, her commissioning was cancelled. Pitkin was ordered returned to the U.S. Maritime Commission for disposal. She was subsequently renamed Coastal Observer. Her subsequent fate is not known.
References
Alamosa-class cargo ship |
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- * = Canceled August 1945
- ** = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Guide
- † = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Crusader
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