USS Kenosha (AK-190)

USS Kenosha (AK-190) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that served the US Navy during the clean-up phase of World War II. When her service was no longer required in 1946, she was decommissioned and returned to the U.S. Maritime Commission where she was sold to the Kingdom of Norway in 1947.

History
United States
Name: Kenosha
Namesake: Kenosha County, Wisconsin
Ordered: as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2121[1]
Builder: Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc., Superior, Wisconsin
Yard number: 39[1]
Laid down: May 1944
Launched: 25 August 1944
Sponsored by: Miss Marion Crowley
Acquired: 1 August 1945
Commissioned: 7 September 1945
Decommissioned: 16 April 1946
Stricken: date unknown
Identification:
Fate: sold Norway, 4 March 1947
Norway
Name:
  • Rio Dale (1947–1958)
  • Torian (1958–1963)
  • Lars Viking (1963–1965)
  • Neptune V (1965–1967)
  • Arabdrill 2 (1967–)
Acquired: 4 March 1947
Refit: 1967, converted to an offshore drilling ship
Identification: IMO number: 5406522
Fate: scrapped 24 May 1984
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:
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:

Construction

Kenosha was launched 25 August 1944, by Walter Butler Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin, under a U.S. Maritime Commission contract, MC hull 2121; sponsored by Miss Marion Crowley; acquired by the Navy 1 August 1945; and commissioned 7 September 1945, Lieutenant S. Bernsen in command.[3]

Service history

After shakedown out of Galveston, Texas, Kenosha arrived Gulfport, Mississippi, 19 October to load cargo for the Mariana Islands. The cargo ship departed Gulfport 25 November, cleared the Panama Canal, and arrived Guam via Pearl Harbor 10 January 1946.[3]

Upon discharging her cargo, she loaded cargo for the US Marines and sailed for the US East Coast, arriving Lynnhaven Roads, Virginia, 7 March.[3]

Decommissioning

On 3 April Kenosha arrived Baltimore, Maryland, and decommissioned there 16 April 1946.[3]

Merchant history

She was sold to Norway on 4 March 1947, for $693,862,[4] and renamed Rio Dale. She was renamed several times between 1958 and 1967, Torian in 1959, Lars Viking in 1963, Neptune V in 1965, and finally Arabdrill 2 in 1967, when she converted to an offshore drilling ship. She was scrapped on 24 May 1984 at Gadani beach.[5]

Honors and awards

Qualified Kenosha personnel were eligible for the following:[2]

Notes
    Citations
    1. C1 Cargo Ships 2009.
    2. Navsource 2011.
    3. DANFS 2015.
    4. MARAD.
    5. "ARABDRILL 2 (5406522)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

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