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History |
United States
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Name: |
Rockdale |
Namesake: |
Rockdale County, Georgia |
Ordered: |
MC hull 2162 |
Builder: |
Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
Laid down: |
15 January 1944 |
Launched: |
1 October 1944 |
Sponsored by: |
Mrs. William R. Crawford |
Acquired: |
5 June 1945 |
Commissioned: |
26 June 1945 |
Decommissioned: |
22 March 1946 |
Struck: |
12 April 1946 |
Identification: |
Hull symbol:AK-208 |
Fate: |
11 February 1947, to Nerlof Andersens A/S, for $693,862.00 |
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 Rockdale (AK-208) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the U.S. Navy during the closing period of World War II. She served with distinction in the Pacific Ocean theatre of operations and returned home in 1946 to be placed into the "mothball" fleet.
Built in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Rockdale (AK-208) was laid down 15 January 1944 as MC hull 2162 by Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; launched 1 October 1944; sponsored by Mrs. William R. Crawford; acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission on loan-charter basis 5 June 1945; and commissioned at Galveston, Texas, 26 June 1945, Lt. Comdr. Robert F. Mendler, USNR, in command.
World War II service
Following shakedown off Galveston, Texas, Rockdale got underway from Gulfport, Mississippi, for the Panama Canal. Transiting the Canal 27 July, she proceeded to Hollandia, New Guinea, where she arrived 2 September to unload her cargo. On 9 September she steamed for Australia, reaching Brisbane 17 September. She got underway for Manus Island 25 September arriving 3 October. Underway the next day, she made Saipan on the 10th.
Rockdale got underway on 13 October for Okinawa where she arrived 5 days later. On 1 November she sailed for the Mariana Islands and operated in that island group until getting underway for the Panama Canal on 13 January 1946. She transited the Canal on 20 February and arrived Norfolk, Virginia, on 1 March.
Post-war inactivation
Rockdale decommissioned there 22 March, was returned to the War Shipping Administration on the 26th for lay-up in the James River, and was struck from the Navy List 12 April 1946. Sold, 11 February 1947, to Nerlof Andersens A/S, for $693,862.00.
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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| Type C1-M-AV1 | |
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| Type C1-M-AV7 | |
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| Type C1-M-AV8 |
- Crossing Knot
- Flat Knot
- Marline Bend
- Persian Knot
- Single Hitch
- Solid Sinnet
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| Type C1-MT-BU1 |
- Arizona Pine
- California Redwood
- Oregon Fir
- Washington Cedar
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