USS Screven (AK-210)

USS Screven (AK-210) seen here prior to commissioning, possibly fitting out or undergoing trials at Leathem D Smith Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI.
History
United States
Name: Screven
Namesake: Screven County, Georgia
Ordered: as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2164[1]
Builder: Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Yard number: 330[1]
Laid down: 11 July 1944
Launched: 30 November 1944
Sponsored by: Mrs. Harold Roeth
Acquired: 3 July 1945
Commissioned: 2 August 1945
Decommissioned: 30 April 1946
Struck: 8 May 1946
Identification:
Fate: sold 26 February 1947, to Benham and Boyesin, Inc, Norway
History
Norway
Name: Norlindo
Owner: Benham and Boyesin, Inc, Norway
Acquired: 26 February 1947
Status: Sold 1959
History
Peru
Name: Ilo
Namesake: City of Ilo
Owner: Peruvian Navy
Acquired: 1959
Identification: A 133[1]
Fate: sold to Spanish shipbreaker in 1968
General characteristics [2]
Class and type: Alamosa-class cargo ship
Type: C1-M-AV1
Tonnage: 5,032 long tons deadweight (DWT)[1]
Displacement:
  • 2,382 long tons (2,420 t) (standard)
  • 7,450 long tons (7,570 t) (full load)
Length: 388 ft 8 in (118.47 m)
Beam: 50 ft (15 m)
Draft: 21 ft 1 in (6.43 m)
Installed power:
Propulsion: 1 × propeller
Speed: 11.5 kn (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity:
  • 3,945 t (3,883 long tons) DWT
  • 9,830 cu ft (278 m3) (refrigerated)
  • 227,730 cu ft (6,449 m3) (non-refrigerated)
Complement:
  • 15 Officers
  • 70 Enlisted
Armament:

USS Screven (AK-210) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the US Navy during the closing period of World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean theatre of operations and returned home in 1946 to be placed into the "mothball fleet" where she remained until sold in 1947 for commercial maritime service.

Construction

Screven was laid down under US Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2164, on 11 July 1944 by Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; launched on 30 November 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Harold Roeth; acquired on 3 July 1945; and commissioned on 2 August 1945,[3] Lieutenant Irving Stein, USNR, in command.[2]

Service history

After shakedown, Screven arrived at Gulfport, Mississippi, on 31 August 1945 to load cargo. She sailed on 21 September and, after stops at the Panama Canal Zone and Pearl Harbor, arrived at Guam on 16 November. Departing from Guam on 19 December, the ship arrived at San Francisco, on 9 January 1946 and proceeded to the US East Coast.[3]

Post-war inactivation

Screven arrived at Baltimore, Maryland, on 10 April for inactivation, and was decommissioned on 30 April. She was redelivered to the Maritime Commission on 7 May 1946 and struck from the Navy List on 8 May.[3]

Merchant service

The freighter was purchased 26 February 1947, for $693,862,[4] by the Norwegian firm of Benham and Boyesin, Inc. She was renamed Norlindo.[3]

Peruvian Navy service

In 1959 she became the Peruvian Navy transport, Ilo (A 133).[1] She was sold to Spanish shipbreakers in 1968.[3]

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