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For other ships with the same name, see USS Somerset.
History
USNS Coastal SentryUnited States
NameSomerset
Namesake
  • Somerset County, Maine,
  • Somerset County, Maryland,
  • Somerset County, New Jersey, and
  • Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Orderedas type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2166[1]
BuilderLeathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Yard number332[1]
Laid down9 October 1944
Launched21 January 1945
Sponsored byMrs. Fred Bradley
Acquired20 September 1945
Commissioneddelivered to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) prior to commissioning
Stricken5 December 1945
Identification
  • Hull symbol: AK-212
  • Code letters: NKOK
Fatedelivered to WSA for use by the US Army, 2 November 1945
USNS Coastal SentryUnited States
NameCoastal Sentry
OperatorWSA
Acquired2 November 1945
In service2 August 1946
Out of service28 September 1949
Fatedeclared surplus, 12 December 1949 and transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service MSTS
USNS Coastal SentryUnited States
NameCoastal Sentry
OperatorMSTS
In service15 November 1951
Out of service28 September 1956
Fateacquired by the USAF, 29 March 1957
USNS Coastal SentryUnited States
NameCoastal Sentry
OperatorUSAF
Acquired29 March 1957
Refitas a Missile Range Instrumentation Ship
IdentificationHull symbol: AGM-15
Fatereacquired by the USN, 1 July 1964
USNS Coastal SentryUnited States
NameCoastal Sentry
OperatorMSTS
Acquired1 July 1964
Out of service11 July 1968
Stricken9 October 1969
Identification
  • Hull symbol: T-AGM-15
  • Code letters: CSQ
Fatereturned to MARAD and sold for scrap, 11 July 1968
General characteristics [2]
Class and type
  • Alamosa-class cargo ship
  • Coastal Sentry-class Missile range instrumentation ship
TypeC1-M-AV1
Tonnage5,032 long tons deadweight (DWT)[1]
Displacement
  • 2,382 long tons (2,420 t) (standard)
  • 7,450 long tons (7,570 t) (full load)
Length388 ft 8 in (118.47 m)
Beam50 ft (15 m)
Draft21 ft 1 in (6.43 m)
Installed power
  • 1 × Nordberg, TSM 6 diesel engine
  • 1,750 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion1 × propeller
Speed11.5 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
  • 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber dual purpose gun (DP)
  • 6 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons

USS Somerset (AK-212) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the US Navy during the closing period of World War II. She was later acquired by the US Army in 1946 and the US Air Force in 1957 before being reacquired by the USN as the USNS Coastal Sentry (T-AGM-15), a missile range instrumentation ship.

  1. ^ a b c C1 Cargo Ships 2009.
  2. ^ Navsource 2011.

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