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History
USS MinidokaUnited States
Name
  • Coastal Herald (1944–1945)
  • Minidoka (never commissioned)
NamesakeMinidoka County, Idaho
Orderedas type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2127[1]
BuilderWalter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc., Superior, Wisconsin
Yard number45[1]
Laid down26 August 1944
Sponsored byMrs. R. N. Elder
Completed5 May 1945
Commissionedcanceled 25 August 1945
Identification
  • Hull symbol: AK-196 (never commissioned)
  • Code letters: NEOK
Fatereturned to the Maritime Commission
USS MinidokaUnited States
NameCoastal Herald
OwnerMaritime Commission
Operator
  • Waterman SS Corp. (1945)
  • United Fruit Company (1946–1948)
Acquired4 December 1945
In service4 December 1945
Out of service2 July 1948
FateSold 13 July 1956
BrazilBrazil
NameCoastal Herald
OperatorCompanhia Nacional de Navegacao Costerira, Patrimonio Nacional
Acquired13 July 1956
In service3 January 1957
FateScrapped 1977
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 Minidoka (AK-196) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the US Navy during the closing period of World War II. She was declared excess-to-needs and returned to the US Maritime Commission.

  1. ^ a b c C1 Cargo Ships 2009.
  2. ^ Navsource 2011.

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