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USS Amador (AK-158) at anchor in the Columbia River, Oregon, December 1944.
History
USS AmadorUnited States
NameAmador
NamesakeAmador County, California
Orderedas type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2103[1]
BuilderKaiser Shipyards Co., Richmond, California
Yard number60[1]
Laid down27 December 1943
Launched15 June 1944
Sponsored byMrs. S. J. Davis
Acquired10 August 1944
Commissioned9 October 1944
Decommissioned23 October 1944
Recommissioned25 November 1944
Decommissioned20 June 1946
Refit23 October 1944, converted to ammunition tender
Stricken19 July 1946
Identification
  • Hull symbol: AK-158
  • Code letters: NEFJ
FateSold 23 March 1948, to Sudden & Christensen, Inc., agents for Rederacti Edolajet Signy
USS AmadorSweden
NameSkagern
NamesakeSkagern Lake
OwnerRederacti Edolajet Signy
Acquired13 April 1948
FateSold 1963
USS AmadorGreece
Name
  • Nicoloas
  • Dina
  • Alkistis
Acquired1963
IdentificationIMO number: 5407370
FateScrapped in Spain in 1980
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeAlamosa-class cargo 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 Amador (AK-158) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship commissioned by the US Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone.[3]

  1. ^ a b c C1 Cargo Ships 2009.
  2. ^ "Cargo Ship Photo Index: USS Amador (AK-158)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Cargo Ship Photo Index: USS Amador (AK-158)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

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