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USS BlountUnited States
NameBlount
Namesake
  • Blount County, Alabama, and
  • Blount County, Tennessee
Orderedas type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2108[1]
BuilderKaiser Shipbuilding Co., Richmond, California
Yard number65[1]
Laid down7 August 1944
Launched19 October 1944
Sponsored byMrs. R. E. St. Clair
Commissioned26 January 1945
Decommissioned18 April 1946
Stricken1 May 1946
Identification
  • Hull symbol: AK-163
  • Code letters: NEGA
FateSold, 5 April 1948, to Koninklijke Nederlandsche StoombootMattschappij N.V., Amsterdam
History
USS BlountNetherlands
NameHecuba
OwnerKoninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Mattschappij, N.V.
Acquired5 April 1948
FateSold
History
USS BlountPanama
NameAnna
OwnerAfrodite Compania Maritima, Panama
FateSold
History
NamePanes
FateScrapped April 1973
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 Blount (AK-163) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone.

  1. ^ a b c C1 Cargo Ships 2009.
  2. ^ Navsource 2014.

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