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USS ClaiborneUnited States
NameClaiborne
Namesake
  • Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, or
  • Claiborne County, Mississippi, or
  • Claiborne County, Tennessee
Orderedas type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2144[1]
BuilderFroemming Brothers, Inc, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Yard number16[1]
Laid down1944
Launched3 September 1944
Sponsored byMiss L. Kapczynski
Commissioned19 April 1945
Decommissioned7 February 1946
Stricken5 June 1946
Identification
  • Hull symbol: AK-171
  • Code letters: NEHW
FateSold for scrapping, 6 January 1971
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
  • 10 Officers
  • 69 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 Claiborne (AK-171) 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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