USS Tipton (AK-215)
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Name: | Tipton |
Namesake: | Tipton County, Indiana or Tipton County, Tennessee |
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Ordered: | MC hull 2169 |
Builder: | Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
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 |
Struck: | 20 March 1946 |
Identification: | Hull symbol:AK-215 |
Fate: | transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard on 4 March 1946 |
United States | |
Name: | Unalga |
Namesake: | Unalga Island |
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Commissioned: | 4 March 1946 |
Decommissioned: | 1 June 1950 |
Identification: | Hull symbol:WAK-185 |
Fate: | sold for scrapping, 6 January 1971, to Marine Power & Equipment Co., Inc., delivered 1 February 1971 |
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Class & type: | Alamosa-class cargo ship |
Type: | C1-M-AV1 |
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Length: | 388 ft 8 in (118.47 m) |
Beam: | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft: | 21 ft 1 in (6.43 m) |
Installed power: | 1,750 shp (1,300 kW) |
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Speed: | 11.5 kn (13.2 mph; 21.3 km/h) |
Capacity: | 3,945 t (3,883 long tons) DWT |
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USS Tipton (AK-215) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the U.S. 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 U.S. Coast Guard in 1946.
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Built in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Tipton (AKA-215) was laid down under U.S. Maritime Commission Contract (MC hull 2169) on 28 December 1944 at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, by the Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company; launched on 13 March 1945; sponsored by Mrs. W. F. Maister; transferred to the Navy Department on 7 September 1945; and commissioned on 9 October 1945, Lt. Comdr. H. E. Gray, USCGR, in command.
Upon commissioning, the cargo ship was transferred to the custody of the U.S. Coast Guard for maintenance and operation and was manned by a Coast Guard crew.
Post-war inactivation
Tipton was decommissioned and permanently transferred to the Coast Guard on 4 March 1946. She was struck from the Navy list on 20 March 1946.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive – AK-215 Tipton