Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc., Superior, Wisconsin
Yard number
31[1]
Laid down
1943–1944
Launched
8 April 1944
Acquired
26 December 1944
Commissioned
28 February 1945
Decommissioned
31 January 1946
Stricken
25 February 1946
Identification
Hull symbol: AK-182
Code letters: NELE
Fate
Sold, 16 August 1946
United States
Name
Gadsden
Owner
American Eastern Corp., New York, New York[2]
Acquired
16 August 1946
Fate
Repurchased by the Maritime Administration, 23 May 1955
sold, 2 June 1955
South Korea
Name
Yosu
Namesake
City of Yeosu
Owner
Korean Shipping Corp.
Acquired
2 June 1955
Identification
IMO number: 5396399
Fate
BU Inchon 7 September 1979
General characteristics [3]
Class and type
Alamosa-class cargo ship
Type
C1-M-AV1
Tonnage
5,010 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
1 × Nordberg, TSM 6 diesel engine
1,750 shp (1,300 kW)
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
1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber dual purpose gun (DP)
6 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons
USS Gadsden (AK-182) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during the final months of World War II. She served the Pacific Ocean theatre of operations for a short period of time before being decommissioned and returned to the U.S. Maritime Administration.
USSGadsden (AK-182) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during the final months of World War II. She served the Pacific Ocean theatre...
flagship USS Alfred on December 20, 1775. Two days later, Congress made Hopkins commander-in-chief of the Continental Navy. He adopted the Gadsden banner...
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About 65 of this subtype were complete for the U.S. Navy, like the USSGadsden built by Walter Butler Shipyard. Those ships were generally named after...
General James Gadsden. For the next two years she carried goods between Newport, Florida, and South Carolina. Gadsden sold Flirt in 1853. "USS Flirt". Dictionary...
look into the history of Memorial Day and Military Appreciation Month". Gadsden Times. Retrieved 2023-01-03. "Arizona Recognizes Military Appreciation...
provoked, a characteristic expressed by the phrase "Don't tread on me" (see Gadsden flag). Typically the flag's rattlesnake is depicted with red scales on...
Eagle. September 15, 1955. navsource.org Alamosa-class cargo ships, USSGadsden US Navy USNS Private Jose F. Valdez (T-AG-169) Spirit Lake Marina website...
USS Dortch (DD-670) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. Isaac Foote Dortch was born on 12 December 1883 in Gadsden, Alabama. He graduated...
impression that an attack had been carried out. On August 2, 1964, the destroyer USS Maddox, while performing a signals intelligence patrol as part of DESOTO...
beginning in October 1775 to intercept British ships entering Boston—the USS Hancock, Lee, Franklin, Harrison, Lynch, and Warren—used the Pine Tree flag...
The southernmost portion of the state was acquired in 1853 through the Gadsden Purchase. Southern Arizona is known for its desert climate, with very hot...
steam ahead!" Drayton was born in Charleston, South Carolina, to Anna Gadsden and William Drayton, a prominent lawyer and U.S. Representative. He had...
defense, including: USS Richard B. Anderson USS Cochrane USS Kirk USS Gurke USS Rowan USS Cook USS Bausell The USS Enterprise and USS Coral Sea carrier...
Political parties Politics State Theories of law Culture Come and take it Gadsden flag Libertarian science fiction Ron Swanson Organizations Cato Institute...
America expansionist movement, the Pierce administration completed the Gadsden land purchase from Mexico, clashed with Great Britain in Central America...
Attack on the "Negro Fort"". Fort Gadsden and the "Negro Fort" on the Apalachicola. ExploreSouthernHistory.com – Fort Gadsden Historic Site, Florida. Retrieved...
USS Muskingum (AK-198/T-AK-198) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the US Navy under a US Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract...
War. In response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident when the destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy of the United States Navy engaged North Vietnamese ships...
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