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USS Livingston (AK-222) in San Francisco Bay, California, in late 1945 or early 1946.
History
USS LivingstonUnited States
NameJosiah D. Whitney
NamesakeJosiah D. Whitney
OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)
OperatorMatson Navigation Company
Orderedas a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 1637[1]
BuilderCalifornia Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California
Yard number170[1]
Way number13[1]
Laid down22 March 1943
Launched16 April 1943
Sponsored byMrs. D. W. Fernhout
In service28 April 1943
Fatetransferred to the US Navy, 25 October 1943
USS LivingstonUnited States
NameLivingston
Namesake
  • Livingston County, Illinois or
  • Livingston County, Kentucky,
  • Livingston County, Michigan,
  • Livingston County, Missouri,
  • Livingston County, New York, and
  • Livingston Parish, Louisiana
Acquired25 October 1943
Commissioned10 November 1943
Decommissioned27 February 1946
RenamedLivingston, 30 October 1943
ReclassifiedCargo Ship, 20 August 1944
Stricken27 February 1946
Identification
  • Hull symbol: AP-163
  • Hull symbol: AK-222
  • Code letters: NKWD
Nickname(s) 2 × battle star
FateSold for scrapping, 13 February 1973, removed 27 March 1973
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeCrater-class cargo ship
TypeType EC2-S-C1
Tonnage4,470 t (4,400 long tons) DWT
Displacement
  • 4,023 long tons (4,088 t) (light)
  • 12,350 long tons (12,550 t) (full load)
Length441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft28 ft 4 in (8.64 m)
Installed power
  • 2 × Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 220psi 450°
  • 2,500 shp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion
  • 1 × Joshua Hendy vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
  • 1 × shaft
Speed12.8 kn (23.7 km/h; 14.7 mph)
Capacity300,000 cu ft (8,500 m3) (non-refrigerated)
Complement225 officers and enlisted
Armament
  • 1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual purpose (DP) gun
  • 4 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber DP gun
  • 8 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts

USS Livingston (AP-163/AK-222) was a Crater-class cargo ship built for the US Navy during World War II. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.

  1. ^ a b c CalShip 2010.
  2. ^ Navsource 2017.

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