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USS TiptonUnited States
NameTipton
Namesake
  • Tipton County, Indiana, and
  • Tipton County, Tennessee
Orderedas type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2169[1]
BuilderLeathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Yard number335[1]
Laid down28 December 1944
Launched13 March 1945
Sponsored byMrs. W. F. Maister
Acquired7 September 1945
Commissioned9 October 1945
Decommissioned4 March 1946
Stricken20 March 1946
Identification
  • Hull symbol: AK-215
  • Code letters: NXQH
FateTransferred to the US Coast Guard on 4 March 1946
USS Tipton USS TiptonUnited States
NameUnalga
NamesakeUnalga Island
Commissioned4 March 1946
Decommissioned1 June 1950
IdentificationHull symbol: WAK-185
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
  • 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 Tipton (AK-215) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the US Navy during the closing period of World War II. She was commissioned; however, the war ended and she was declared "excess to needs." She was then transferred to the US Coast Guard in 1946.

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

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