Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Yard number
335[1]
Laid down
28 December 1944
Launched
13 March 1945
Sponsored by
Mrs. W. F. Maister
Acquired
7 September 1945
Commissioned
9 October 1945
Decommissioned
4 March 1946
Stricken
20 March 1946
Identification
Hull symbol: AK-215
Code letters: NXQH
Fate
Transferred to the US Coast Guard on 4 March 1946
United States
Name
Unalga
Namesake
Unalga Island
Commissioned
4 March 1946
Decommissioned
1 June 1950
Identification
Hull symbol: WAK-185
Fate
Sold for scrapping, 6 January 1971
General characteristics [2]
Class and type
Alamosa-class cargo ship
Type
C1-M-AV1
Tonnage
5,032 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
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